Achievements & Awards

The Robotics Research Centre has obtained international reputation in the areas of medical robots, rehabilitation robots, biomimic robots, reconfigurable robots, humanoid robots, and also precision mechatronics and actuators. Some of the achievements made and awards received by our faculty members are as follows.

Achievements

  • Prof. Louis Phee: Recipient of National Research Fund (NRF) Investigatorship Award 2016​. Awarded up to $3 million to pursue ground-breaking research.
  • Prof. Kin Huat Low: Demonstration of state-of-the-art interactive 12 UAV formation and synchronization flight in Singapore Airshow 2014 (16-21 Feb 2014) in Changi Airport
  • Prof. Louis Phee: Recipient of President’s Technology Award 2012
  • Prof. I-Ming Chen: Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineer (IEEE) and Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineer (ASME)

Journal Editors

  • Prof. Ming Xie, Editor-in-chief, International Journal of Humanoid Robotics (World Scientific)
  • Prof. I-Ming Chen, Associate Editor, Mechanism and Machine Theory (Elsevier)
  • Prof. I-Ming Chen, Technical Editor, Robotica (Cambridge Univ Press)

Awards

  • L Phee, D Xiao, J. Yuen, CF Chan, H. Ho, CH Thng, C. Cheng, WS Ng, "Ultrasound Guided Robotic System for Transperineal Biopsy of the Prostate", 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2005), Barcelona, Spain, May 2005. (Awarded Best Conference Paper)
  • Willy A and Low K H, "Development and Initial Experiment of Modular Undulating Fin for Untethered Biorobotic AUVs," Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2005),  Hong Kong, China, Jul 2005, pp. 45-50. (Awarded CM HO Best Paper in Biomimetics)
  • Low K H, Liu Xiaopeng, and Yu Haoyong, “Development of NTU Wearable Exoskeleton System for Assistive Technologies,” Proceedings of 2005 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA2005), Niagara Falls, Canada, Jul-Aug 2005, pp. 1099-1106. (Awarded Toshio Fukuda Best Paper in Mechatronics)
  • Low K H and Willy A, “Mechatronics Design and Control of NTU Robotic Fish with Modular Flexible Fins,” Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology (ICMT2005), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec 5-8, 2005.  (Awarded Best Paper in Control)