Exploitation of Humanoid Robot Applications

I&T Wish Exploitation of Humanoid Robot Applications
(REF: W-0587)
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Trial Project
Summary and Challenges
  • Humanoid robots are gaining popularity and being rapidly developed with various of designs and models. This inno wish aims to figure out and master the existing humanoid robots’ technology, functionalities and potentials. The goal is to promote the use of humanoid robot in different applications, in order to assist and alleviate in manual works.
  • The humanoid robot can
    1. Autonomous travel to destinations without any constricts
      1. Travel to different floors through lift
      2. Travel through the automatic doors with access
      3. Climb stairs
      4. Optional Travel on various terrains (e.g. slopes and ramps)
    2. Perform partial or complete tasks using robotic hands (with or without auxiliary tools)
      1. Clean the wastes insides toilets and rubbish bins, equip with advanced functions to open covers
      2. Tidy the garbage
    3. Interact with user
      1. Conduct basic conversations
      2. Answer and solve questions raised by the user
  • Technical requirements:
    1. Stable and grippy base with automatic navigation
      1. Factory default setting must meet requirements for climbing stairs
      2. Capable with the addition of signal transceiver accessories to reach the requirements for riding elevators and passing through automatic doors
    2. Flexible and gripping manipulator
      1. Achieve a certain degree of freedom and dexterity for continuous operations
      2. Capable of being equipped with and using auxiliaries such as grippers, clamps and suction cups
    3. Automatic speech recognition and content analysis capabilities
      1. Equip with Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) capabilities, including basic bilingual and advanced capabilities for other ethnic languages
      2. Function as an Artificial Intelligence chatbot
Expected Outcome
  • Ability to welcome guess, complete guess registration and generate e-permit
  • Ability to identify, clean and tidy wastes
  • Ability to answer queries based on the built-in data base, such as pathfinding (better with a guide function)
  • Ability to switch between different built-in languages
Expected Trial Duration 9-month
Contact Information
I&T Wish Proposer:Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD)
Contact Person:CHAN Yee Kwan / TSUI Man
Position:Project Officer/Innovation/80 or Engineer/Drones, Robotics and Automation/2
Tel:9637 6793 / 3757 6019
Email: chanyk@emsd.gov.hk / mandy_m_tsui@emsd.hksarg
Upload Date 2025-09-29
Closing Date 2025-10-24
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