HKU and Tohokudai’s strategic collaboration will bring together top researchers from both universities to focus on cutting-edge research and application development in the fields of transformative artificial intelligence and robotics, including establishing a Centre for Transformative AI and Robitics Technologies (TransART), to spearhead projects around transforming manufacturing industries and megacities with the application of AI and Robotics. The team will apply for the next round of the HKSAR government's major initiative, AIR@InnoHK under the Innovation & Technology Commission.