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he "Holinser Forceps System" was conceived in the early 1990's jointly by

Dr. TC Ng (a Dentist) and Dr. KL Yung (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University).

The principal investigators, Dr. TC Ng and Dr. KL Yung, through their involvement

with surgical precision tweezers design and robot end-effector design,

belief that tweezers being the most common hand instruments used in the laboratory

when properly designed can extend the functionality of human hands far beyond that

can be achieved today. A specific application of this concept is to help astronauts and scientists

when working under zero or micro gravity.

n 1994, the Industrial Centre began to participate in the development of

the Space Holinser Forceps System - a joint R&D project led by Dr. TC Ng

with Prof. CN Yang as the honourable adviser. The collaborative work involves

Dr. Yung providing the conceptual design while Mr. C.C. Chan develops the CAD

model and the Industrial Centre actively involved in the manufacturing using

the Centre's advanced manufacturing and testing facilities.

s one of the partners of this R&D project, the Industrial Centre has actively

participated in the manufacturing of the end-effectors, using the Centre's advanced

manufacturing and testing facilities, such as CAD/CAM, Laser, EDM,

Precision machine tools and CMM.