In response to Industry 4.0 policy and development, the 3^rd TBI Intelligent Automation Creative Project Contest was held recently and attracted entries from all over the island. The contest encourages teams to combine theory with industry practice and showcase creativity in the purpose of producing a real product.

15 teams that made it to the final round displayed their products on Taipei Tech campus before the winner was announced.

The gold winning product was design by Taipei Tech Department of Mechanical Engineering team. The machine can drill holes on various materials including glass and ceramics during processing procedures. By improving Electrochemical Discharge Machining technique, this machine has lower possibility of breaking glasses while drilling than traditional drilling technique using lazar.

Another eye-catching product was an automatic egg-cooking machine designed by Lunghwa University of Technology and Science and National Taiwan Normal University. Receiving three awards including Silver Medal, the design can automatically cook an egg in 10 minutes.

TBI Motion Chairman Li Ching-kun said that this is the third year the contest is held and he can see the outcome from students become better and better each year. In order to enhance academia-industry collaboration, the contest shall keep holding in the future.

President Wenlung Li noted that intelligent mechanical engineering is integrating parts with software. And with the help of IoT and big data, the assembling process will be more advanced and smart. This contest is a good practice for students to actually use mechanical parts and explore the potential of intelligent mechanical engineering.