近日，国家发展和改革委员会发布的《关于2014年度国家地方联合工程研究中心（工程实验室）的批复》（发改高技[2015]581号），由徐扬生教授主持申报的港中大（深圳）“机器人与智能制造国家与地方联合工程实验室” 获批为国家地方联合工程实验室。这也是港中大（深圳）建校以来获批建设的首个国家地方联合工程实验室，是港中大（深圳）在国家级科技创新平台建设方面取得的一个全新的突破，同时标志着港中大（深圳）科学技术水平在工程技术研究领域迈上了一个新的更高的台阶。

　　国家地方联合工程实验室、工程研究中心是国家发展改革委员会根据经济社会发展的战略需求和国家自主创新基础能力建设规划，为进一步加强区域特色产业创新基础能力建设，促进与国家科技创新体系有机衔接而布局的国家地方联合创新平台。

　　港中大（深圳）的机器人与智能制造国家与地方联合工程实验室由该校机器人研究团队联合中科院深圳先进技术研究院、华数机器人有限公司共同组建。实验室在徐扬生教授的带领下，已经组建了实力雄厚的科研团队，该团队现有44人，其中研发人员40人，其中博士21人，高级职称10人，中级职称9人，团队大部分成员拥有海外留学经历，且都已全职参与实验室研究中，在机器人传感、认知、控制、交互、能源等多方面已取得重大突破。从科研成果排名上，该团队是世界最活跃的机器人学术研究团队之一，承担了大量国家科研计划，在围绕着航天机器人、工业机器人、服务机器人、特种机器人、医疗机器人、智能汽车机器人等多个领域已经成功研制了30多个机器人和智能系统，研究成果世界领先且具有广阔的应用前景。

　　该实验室将主要围绕五个机器人关键技术展开攻关与应用示范研究，其中包括：智能制造关键技术、服务机器人关键技术、多传感信息融合的穿戴式关键技术、非标特种机器人关键技术、智能监控关键技术，同时将重点突破工业机器人及智能装备制造、家庭服务机器人、航天空间机器人、特种机器人、医疗机器人、智能运载平台机器人的产业化应用。

　　港中大（深圳）的机器人与智能制造国家与地方联合工程实验室以强大的科研力量，积极响应国家驱动创新的战略部署和深圳市发展未来产业的迫切需求，联合国际、国内知名科研机构，紧密围绕机器人领域的关键技术和系统装备进行研究攻关。加强重点工程关键技术供给，以期促进珠三角地区机器人工程应用技术的研发水平，推动该区域机器人与自动化产业可持续发展，为机器人上下游产业提供好的技术支持（撑）和保障，成为机器人与智能制造领域创新中心，构建长效的产学研用协同创新机制，提升区域产业创新基础能力，为促进产业结构调整和培育战略性新兴产业提供技术支撑。

　　CUHK(SZ)’s First National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory

　　Robots and Intelligent Manufacturing National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory, led and proposed by Professor Yangsheng Xu of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) (“CUHK(SZ)”), has been approved by the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) upon issuance of Approval on 2014 National & Local Joint Engineering Research Centers (Engineering Laboratories) (Fa Gai Gao Ji [2015] No.581). This is the first of its kind since the inception of the University in Shenzhen, reaching a breakthrough in its effort to build national level technological innovation platforms and to set up a higher level for its engineering research capabilities.

　　A national & local joint engineering laboratory or engineering research center is a platform set up by the NDRC for the purposes of boosting basic capabilities of industry innovations with local characteristics and providing a seamless connection between national and local technological innovation systems in accordance with the strategic needs for economic and social development and the plan for basic capabilities of national independent innovations.

　　CUHK(SZ)’s Robots and Intelligent Manufacturing National & Local Engineering Laboratory (“Lab”) is built by the University’s robot research team in partnership with Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Huashu Robot Company. Professor Xu has forged a research term consisting of 44 members in total, with 40 being research scientists (21 PhD holders, 10 senior professionals and 9 junior professionals). Most team members have overseas study experience and have been working at the laboratory on a full time basis. Significant breakthroughs have occurred in robotic sensing, recognition, control, interaction and energy. The team is one of the world’s most dynamic academic robot research teams and undertakes plenty of national scientific research plans. Up to now, more than 30 robots and intelligent systems have been developed, a sign of top level research results with a wide range of applications.

　　The Lab centers around five robotic technologies, i.e. intelligent manufacturing, service robots, wearables with multi-sensor information fusion, non-standard special robots, and intelligent monitoring. It also focuses on commercialization of industry robot and intelligent equipment manufacturing, home service robots, space robots, special robots, medical robots, and intelligent carrying robots.

　　The Lab is a response to the call of state-driven innovation strategic deployment and Shenzhen’s future industry development needs. It is expected to raise the level of robot engineering applications, boost a sustainable development of robot and industry automation and provide technical support to both upper and lower steam of robot industry at the Pearl River Delta region. The Lab aims to develop into an innovation center for robots and intelligent manufacturing, construct a long term innovation scheme integrating production, research and application, improve regional competitive edge, rebalance industry structure, and hatch strategic start-up businesses.