Hephaestus: Industrial Artificial Intelligence Application Platform

Overview

The industrial artificial intelligence application platform integrates general industrial data, model training, inference and model cloud deployment, thereby reducing the difficulty of developing and applying artificial intelligence technology. This enables small and medium-sized enterprises without professional support to quickly get started.

Research completion
2023
Commercialisation opportunities
Technology licensing agreement
Problem addressed

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) generally lack funds to support their research and development and deployment of industrial artificial intelligence technology, and find difficulties in applying the latest cutting-edge technologies in production. This easy-to-operate platform developed and constructed by the Hong Kong Productivity Council is open to SMEs, allowing SMEs to validate and implement innovative ideas and bringing them into productions.

Innovation
  • The platform includes verified general industrial data, standard models in various deep learning fields and general data cleaning tools. It encompasses the requirements for each stage of deep learning model implementation and deployment, allowing users to freely configure and utilise.
  • The platform supports customers in routinely updating and uploading data, performing online incremental training and developing online models to improve ease of use.
  • The platform includes a certain amount of AI computing power to support customers' model training and inference, and deploys self-developed models in the cloud, further reducing the difficulty for enterprises to deploy models.
Key impact
  • Reduce the difficulty of using cutting-edge technologies
  • Reduce time-to-production for cutting-edge technologies
  • Improving the efficiency of SMEs
Application
  • Industrial visual inspection: The platform deploys a deep learning model in the visual direction to support the deployment of parts defect detection, construction project quality inspection, etc.
  • Equipment preventive maintenance: The platform deploys a sequence signal deep learning model, supports sensor signal input, and deploys preventive maintenance plans.
  • Digital twin
Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC)

The Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) is a multi-disciplinary organisation established by statute in 1967, to promote productivity excellence through integrated advanced technologies and innovative service offerings to support Hong Kong enterprises. HKPC is the champion and expert in facilitating Hong Kong's new industrialisation empowered by i4.0 and e4.0 - focusing on R&D, IoT, big data analytics, AI and Robotic technology development, digital manufacturing, etc., to help enterprises and industries upgrade their business performance, lower operating costs, increase productivity and enhance competitiveness. 

The Council is a trusted partner with comprehensive innovative solutions for Hong Kong industries and enterprises, enabling them to achieve resources and productivity utilisation, effectiveness and cost reduction, and enhanced competitiveness in both local and international marketplace. It offers SMEs and startups immediate and timely assistance in coping with the ever-changing business environment, accompanying them on their innovation and transformation journey.

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