Technical Seminar: Robotics for Water Mains Services

Date: 19 October 2022

Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm

Venue: Chan Yat Mei Sophie Room, 9/F, HKIE HQ and Webinar 

No. of Participants : 55 (Seminar) and 300 (Webinar)

Programme Highlights

Hong Kong is a highly developed city with a complex underground water pipe network. Water leaks are always a problem in most countries, and thus, the Water Supplies Department (WSD) in Hong Kong is striving to have a means to identify the pipe health with little disruption to the public, such as ground digging. However, internal pipe inspection by humans is difficult for pipes with a 1000 mm diameter or less, as it is an unpleasant task in a confined space. Thus, robotics has become a smart choice. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, has collaborated with the WSD to develop robotic modules for water mains services, including the internal pipe inspection for the 600 mm diameter pipe. This presentation is about the engineering designs and developments of the related robotic modules.

Speaker

Ir Dr. Chan Ching-Yuen

At Salford University in the United Kingdom, Dr Chan Ching-Yuen received a BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering in 1989. He later earned a PhD in Manufacturing Engineering in 1994. He served as a lecturer at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University's Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering from 1994 until 2020. He is currently a Senior Project Fellow at the same university, working on water main robotics projects. His areas of interest in research include staff rostering, production monitoring, automation, robotics, and production system modelling. He is also a Corporate Member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and a member of the Logistics Policy Committee of the Chartered Institute and Transport in Hong Kong. 

In addition to publishing journals and conference papers, Dr. Chan received numerous outside research funding sources over the years, including the Innovation and Technology Support Programme and the Teaching Company Scheme (TCS) from the Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF). The research outcomes are conducive and applied to the industry and related supporting parties.

Language

Cantonese with English presentation material