August 26, 2020 at Convention 3 Room, Avani Hotel and Convention Center, Khon Kaen – Faculty of Engineering of Khon Kaen University and Software Park Thailand under the National Science and Technology Development Bureau held a meeting on “Automation Robotics and Intelligent System: ARI Skill Development Projects”. The ARI Academy Project is aimed at developing advanced skills that are required in the country. The AI Innovation JumpStart is aimed at creating commercial innovation and upgrading the national technologies. These two projects demonstrated their potentials in promoting, supporting, and developing people and innovations to be in time with the world’s changing and growth of technologies. Administrative and management skills are emphasized along with cooperation with allies to create an ecological system that facilitates manpower development, especially in advanced skills in order to respond to the country’s need.
Asst. Prof. Denpong Soodphakdee, Ph.D., Vice President for Digital presided over the opening ceremony and conveyed the opening address. Asst. Prof. Denpong Soodphakdee also acted as the commentator of the works presented. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rachaphon Santiwarakorn, Dean of Faculty of Engineering made a reporting speech. The session was honored to have Khun Natthaphon Nutkhamhaeng, Manager of Technology Promotion, Software Park Thailand, the National Science and Technology Development Bureau giving a talk on supporting activities in developing innovations and people of the Bureau. The next session was presentation of 10 projects, which have been selected.
The Automation Robotics and Intelligent System: ARI Skill Development Project is an innovator developing project that will lead to commercial innovation and upgrade the country’s technologies. AI Innovation JumpStart Project has been carried out for 2 years. This features public relation and invitation for developers, technology entrepreneurs, professors and students to submit their projects in teams of 2-6 people each. These projects emphasize real practices to create prototype ARI that can be commercially usable in the future and is required in the market. Techniques and businesses that are necessary for manufacturing products commercially are trained by experts. There are scholarships available for promising prototypes. The project has begun since 2019, and selection was carried out for the Kickoff project, which was carried out in a Boot Camp in order to enhance design thinking and Lean Canvas Business Model. Then ten teams have been selected and receive a grant of 100,000 baht. The ten teams were invited to present their works in this event. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rachaphon Santiwarakorn explained to the news reporters that an important role of Khon Kaen University and Faculty of Engineering is in propelling activities like this one. The faculty has lecturers with expertise in Software Computer, which is a program of study offered. So the professors have been invited as the project advisors since the camping activity in order to provide the students with knowledge and new innovations until the teams could develop their prototypes.
Following is the list of the ten teams that have been awarded the scholarship for developing prototypes and that presented their works at the fair:
- Facial Team: Facial recognition system, which is convenient and safe
- Nakhon Udonthani Team: Urban Traffic Management and Analysis System
- AVATAR Team: Smart Weather Monitoring System for Weather Quality, Life Quality and You
- Robot IAC NPU 01: Electronics Hand Exercise Tool, for preventing finger locks and rehabilitating patients
- Me Kong Online Team: Facial Scanning System for Check-in, Check-out
- DEC-SIN Team: Automatic import-export of goods for retail businesses
- Egg Yolk Team: Efficiency Increasing System for Laying Hens Farm
- Grow-up Robotics Team: Harvesting Robot for Modern Farms
- DDM Team: Smart Drones for Estimating Land Price for Loaning Purpose
- FEAT#3 Team: Smart Boiler for controlling industrial steam production “Easy to use, sufficient, safe, and cheap”
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News / Photos: Udomchai Supannawong
