Events & News
2025

On August 7th, 2025, with the help of Prof. Wen, PhD student Ruijie Xu and Dr. Feng Huang successfully organized the special session “Urban Navigation and Sensing for Next-Generation Smart Cities” as part of the Global Smart Cities Summit cum The 4th International Conference on Urban Informatics (GSCS & ICUI 2025). This special session was dedicated to exploring cutting-edge advances in urban navigation and sensing technologies, aiming to address the challenges of accurate localization, seamless mobility, and intelligent sensing in increasingly complex urban environments.

MTR team visited TAS-LAB

It is great to share that our paper (“Tightly Joined Positioning and Control Model for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Based on Factor Graph Optimization”, by Peiwen Yang, Weisong Wen, Shiyu Bai, and Li-Ta Hsu) is accepted by the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. Congratulations to Peiwen., etc.

Three Papers and One Workshop are Accepted by IEEE ITSC 2025

It is great to share that our paper (Roadside GNSS Aided Multi-Sensor Integrated System for Vehicle Positioning in Urban Areas”, by Feng Huang, Yihan Zhong*, Hang Chen, Dongzhe Su, Jin Wu, Weisong Wen and Li-Ta Hsu) is accepted by the IEEE IROS 2025. The data will be available at Github.

Hong Kong, 3 July 2025 – Nano Coating Tech and DRONE SOLUTIONS ASIA visited the TAS Lab at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) to explore collaboration opportunities and facilitate technical exchanges in the fields of UAV technology and nano-tech application. Upon arrival, the visiting team engaged in in-depth discussions with TAS Lab members. The discussions covered a range of topics, including drone cleaning applications and the potential role of nano-coating technology in building maintenance. The visit also featured outdoor testing of nano-material performance, showcasing its capabilities in real-world conditions. The visit concluded with a guided tour of the TAS Lab facilities, including the UAV flight zone, navigation testing platform, and autonomous systems testing platform. This exchange laid a solid foundation for the upcoming collaboration between PolyU, Nano Coating Tech, and DRONE SOLUTIONS ASIA.

PolyU Hosts Landmark Low Altitude Economy (LAE) Workshop, Paving the Way for Hong Kong’s Drone Innovation

PolyU Trustworthy Autonomous System Lab Member Attends Landmark Guangdong-Hong Kong Low-Altitude Economy Industry Exchange Conference

PolyU Hosts Inaugural Research Workshop on Unmanned Autonomous Systems, Fostering Global Collaboration and Innovation

Messe Frankfurt Representatives Visit TAS-Lab

Prof. Wen Meets with Dr. Yuyue Zhong to Discuss Innovations in Material Science and UAS

Prof. Weisong Wen Participates in HKGCC Panel on Low-Altitude Economy

TAS Lab Staff Visit LinxAI Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd

TAS Lab Presents Wearable Navigation Concept for Visually Impaired Individuals at Nanchang Health Expo

TAS Lab Holds Information Exchange Session with ATAL Company to Foster Industry-Academia Collaboration

THong Kong Polytechnic University Visits Hong Kong Police FDC to Enhance Collaboration on Drone Applications Hong Kong, May 27th, 2025 – A delegation from Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) TASLab recently visited the Hong Kong Police Force’s Force Drone Cadre (FDC) to discuss advancements in drone technology and explore ways to support law enforcement operations. The meeting highlighted the growing importance of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in public safety and emergency response.

Ph.D. Candidate Xikun Liu Visits the University of California, Los Angeles for Collaborative Research on Intelligent Planning for Disaster-Relief Robotics

Visiting LinxAI Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd: A Glimpse into the Future of Quadruped Robotics

It is great to share that our paper (Continuous Error Map Aided Adaptive Multi-Sensor Integration for Connected Autonomous Vehicles in Urban Scenarios”, by Huang, Feng; Wen, Weisong; Zhang, Guohao; Su, Dongzhe; Huang, Yulong) is accepted by the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement. Congratulations to HUANG Feng., etc. The open-source code is available at Github.

Low-altitude Economy (LAE) Exhibition 2025 Opening Ceremony at Cyberport HK

Visit to FengYi (Phoenix Wings)

Ph.D. Student XU Ruijie Presents Novel Wi-Fi RTT/LiDAR/IMU Integration Framework at IEEE/ION PLANS 2025

It is great to share that our paper (pyrtklib: An open-source package for tightly coupled deep learning and GNSS integration for positioning in urban canyons”, by Runzhi Hu, Penghui Xu, Yihan Zhong, Weisong Wen) is accepted by the IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. Congratulations to Runzhi., etc. The open-source code is available at Github.

It is great to share that our paper (Safety-quantifiable Line Feature-based Monocular Visual Localization with 3D Prior Map”, by Zheng, Xi; Wen, Weisong; Hsu, Li-Ta) is accepted by the IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. Congratulations to Xi Zheng., etc. The open-source code is available at Github.

Hong Kong Police Force UAV Team Visits PolyU TAS Lab to Foster Collaboration in UAV Technology and Safety

Cross-Boundary Knowledge Sharing on UAV-Enabled Inspection Technologies On April 28, 2025, The Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Lab (TAS Lab) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University hosted an information exchange session with the Zhejiang Handover and Maintenance Engineering Branch Company and PolyU’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), fostering dialogue on integrating autonomous UAV systems into next-generation infrastructure maintenance.

TASLab’s Medical Delivery Drone Project Showcased at HK SciFest, Featured by RTHK Pioneering UAV Technology for Emergency Healthcare Logistics

TASLab and FlightPro Exchange Meeting at PolyU in Advancing UAV Innovations for NextGen LAE Solution

Presenting Smart Building Cleaning UAV System at InnoEX 2025 to Jiangsu Enterprises

The First “AI4X“ International Academic Industry Conference - AI for Intelligent Systems

Ph.D. Student Runzhi Begins Research Attachment at University of New South Wales Under Leading GNSS Expert

Successfully Application on Low-altitude Sandbox Project

Visit to Jiusi’s Innovative Cleaning Drone Demonstration and Knowledge Exchange Session Academic-Industry Collaboration Explores Future of Smart City Maintenance

We are pleased to share that on March 27, 2025, our postdoctoral fellow, Dr. BAI Shiyu, representing the TAS Lab, delivered a talk at the Satellite Navigation 2025 – International Workshop for Young Scientists, held at Beihang University. He presented on Indoor Semantic Mapping and Localization Method Based On Inertial-Only Perception, highlighting TAS Lab’s research on academic indoor pedestrian localization.

Window Cleaning UAV Indoor Demonstration In the front of Secretary for Transport & Logistics

Hong Kong Polytechnic University and LinXAI Robotics establish joint lab for space robotics and embodied AI

Dr. Wen is invited to join R&D and collaboration meetings with ASTRI in Hefei.

Discussion over the LAE development in Hong Kong with CTO of the SFexpress Hong Kong, Kenny Lau at Hong Kong Polytechnic University - TASLab on Mar 14th,2025

Chairman of the PolyU Council Membership, Ir Professor H.C. MAN and Vice President in Research and Innovation visit the Hong Kong Polytechnic University - Wuxi Technology and Innovation Research Institute on Feb 23, 2025

Dr. Wen presented TAS Lab Research on LAE for HKGCC members on Feb 18, 2025

Dr. Wen is invited to the panel discussion at the ASTRI Tech Applied Summit

We are pleased to share that on January 18, 2025, our postdoc fellow WANG, Yingying, representing the TAS LAB, gave a talk at Shanghai Jiaotong University invited by the Institute for Sensing and Navigation. She shared non-intrusive pedestrian indoor localization research from the perspective of IMU and WiFi, especially the academic indoor pedestrian localization research in TAS LAB.

We are pleased to share with you that on January 10, 2025, our doctoral student Yang Peiwen, representing the TAS LAB of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, gave a speech at the Hong Kong Productivity Council (香港生产力局)on the following topics: Technology Leadership: Application Prospects of Low Altitude Economy in Hong Kong by 2025. He shared the development status of the low-altitude economy, industry opportunities, and especially the current academic research in TAS LAB.

PolyU-ASTRI Showcases Innovations in Low-Altitude Economy Technologies in Shenzhen
2024

Waste Reduction for Rural Territories – Story in Sha Tau Kok

Construction of Space Stations – Introduction to Space Transportation Systems

The first event of University of Macau - Hunan University – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Academic Salon on Autonomous Systems

A High-definition Map generation method based on the integration of semantic segmentation and SLAM algorithms was developed, providing new possibilities for large-scale data resources in intelligent transportation and autonomous driving.

Dr. Wen’s lecture at Lanzhou University, titled “3D LiDAR Aided (3DLA) Urban GNSS Positioning for Autonomous Systems in Urban Canyons”, focuses on the challenges and advancements in urban positioning for autonomous driving vehicles.