Here’s a polished English translation of the Chinese title: **THEi Hosts Cross-Domain Technology Symposium, Unveils Hong Kong’s Exclusive Mobile Charging Robot — Bridging Academia, Industry, and Research to Drive Smart City Upgrades**

Hong KongJune 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As an international innovation and technology hub, Hong Kong has been actively promoting the development of smart cities and the new energy industry in recent years. However, issues such as the high-density urban environment, limited spatial resources, data privacy protection, and rigid energy infrastructure have consistently hindered the implementation of local innovation and technology outcomes. To overcome these industry pain points and drive the industrialization of academic research results, the research team of the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi) held a cross-domain technology seminar and a mobile charging robot launch event today (24th).

The seminar focused on cutting-edge fields including AI perception technology, real synthetic data, mobile new energy, intelligent industrial applications, and humanoid robots. It unveiled multiple research achievements and showcased a mobile charging robot specifically developed for the Hong Kong market, fully demonstrating THEi’s research strength and social responsibility in integrating “industry, academia, research, and application.” Professor Liu Jiande, President of THEi, delivered a welcome speech, stating: “In the national ’15th Five-Year Plan,’ significant efforts have been made to promote key sectors such as new energy, AI, and health. Through today’s event, we hope to bring the latest technologies from Mainland China to Hong Kong and then to the international stage in the near future. Facing policy and cultural differences between the two regions, THEi aims to assist Mainland enterprises in applying their technologies in Hong Kong, a city that blends Chinese and Western cultures. This will not only enhance Hong Kong’s competitiveness but also potentially increase employment opportunities, driving economic growth.”

He added: “Our original intention is education, our goal is student employment and successful entrepreneurship, and our future is to apply research outcomes to real society, not just on paper.”

With the core theme of “Technology Implementation, Empowering Cities, Rooted in People’s Livelihoods,” the seminar was structured around five key topics, spanning from underlying technological evolution, scenario optimization, product implementation, and industry empowerment to future forward-looking layouts, forming a complete closed loop of technology research and development, allowing cutting-edge innovation to truly serve Hong Kong’s citizens and urban development.

The first two topics of the event focused on core AI underlying technologies, addressing the key pain points of smart city development. In response to the long-standing issue of privacy leakage in the fields of smart monitoring and urban perception, Mr. Chu Yongyan, founder and CEO of Nanjing Chuhang Technology Co., Ltd., a member of THEi’s research team, explained the “AI + Millimeter-Wave Radar” privacy-first alternative solution, eliminating the privacy concerns associated with traditional camera lenses and laying a solid security foundation for the widespread adoption of smart scenarios in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, Dr. Cao Peng, Chairman and CEO of Paida (Ningbo) Automotive Technology Co., Ltd., shared solutions for implementing real synthetic data in AI practical scenarios, addressing industry challenges such as “insufficient real data, inability to commercialize private data, and AI models detached from reality.” By using life-like scenario data to optimize AI’s physical properties and real-world patterns, the technology can transition from laboratories to genuine public life scenarios.

Leveraging these two core proprietary technologies, THEi’s research team, in collaboration with Mainland Chinese enterprises, jointly developed the POWERMAN mobile charging robot tailored for high-density urban environments, which was demonstrated live at the event. Professor Wu Yan, a visiting associate professor at THEi and founder and CEO of Huandianjia New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., stated that in response to pain points such as insufficient charging stations, limited public space, inconvenient electric vehicle charging, and rigid fixed energy infrastructure in Hong Kong, the robot achieves autonomous driving, intelligent obstacle avoidance, and proactive energy replenishment. This breaks the limitations of traditional fixed charging models and redefines the new energy infrastructure of AI-era cities, providing a brand-new solution for the popularization of electric vehicles and the energy upgrade of smart cities in Hong Kong. Following the demonstration, Mr. Su Ziao, Managing Director of Haishi Holding Group Co., Ltd., continued the theme by sharing the practical application and implementation of mobile new energy in Hong Kong’s intelligent industry.

Finally, team member Professor Yang Chuang, head of VLA research at Jiangsu Yunmu Intelligent Manufacturing Technology Co., Ltd., concluded with a demonstration and forward-looking sharing of humanoid robot technology, showcasing the team’s ongoing research and development capabilities in cutting-edge intelligent robotics and confirming the research team’s ability to keep pace with international technological trends and continuous innovation.

In his closing remarks, THEi President Professor Liu Jiande stated that the institute has always adhered to the concept of deep collaboration in “industry, academia, research, and application,” enabling seamless integration of innovative technology with industrial needs. The live demonstration of the POWERMAN mobile charging robot not only addresses real pain points in Hong Kong’s smart city development and leads the local mobile new energy industry but also provides a top-tier practical platform for the institute’s Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Electric Vehicle Design and Technology program, fulfilling the educational goal of applied science.