Advancing Robotics and Sensing for
Real-World Innovation

The CoE for Robotics & Sensing Technologies is at the forefront of academic and industrial research, dedicated to advancing the field of intelligent robotics and sensor systems. Our goal is to drive innovation in autonomous systems, industrial automation, real-time sensing technologies and advanced engineering. Through collaborative partnerships with industry and academia, we focus on addressing practical challenges and fostering innovation that transforms industries.

Researches

  • 1 World Top 2% Scientist
  • 3 ASM Fellow, TRSM, YSM
  • 26 Professors & Associate Professors
  • 7 Commercial Researchers
  • 81 Academic Researchers
  • 21 Postdoctoral Research Fellows (PostDoc)
  • 15 Graduate Research Assistants (GRA)

Research Centres

  • Centre for Advanced Devices and Systems (CADS)
  • Centre for Advanced Mechanical and Green Technology (CAMGT)
  • Centre for Smart Systems and Automation (CSSA)
  • Centre for Remote Sensing and Surveillance Technologies (CRRST)
  • Centre for Advanced Robotics (CAR)
  • Centre for Electric Energy and High Voltage Engineering (CEEHVE)
  • Centre for Manufacturing and Environmental Sustainability (CMES)

Research Projects & Initiatives

  • 3 Research for TM
  • 5 Research with Industry
  • 1 Joint International Research
  • 3 Post-Graduate Research
  • 4 Knowledge Transfer Program (KTP)

Centre Focus

Integrate AI and machine learning to enable predictive analytics, real-time decision-making, and autonomous behaviour in robotics and smart systems
Integrate AI and machine learning to enable predictive analytics, real-time decision-making, and autonomous behaviour in robotics and smart systems
Collaborate with industry to implement IoT-integrated robotics solutions for smart factories, precision agriculture, and automated urban infrastructure
Collaborate with industry to implement IoT-integrated robotics solutions for smart factories, precision agriculture, and automated urban infrastructure
Develop intelligent sensing technologies for enhanced monitoring and real-time data collection across diverse industries
Develop intelligent sensing technologies for enhanced monitoring and real-time data collection across diverse industries
Foster human-robot interaction (HRI) research to improve safety, efficiency, and usability in collaborative industrial environments
Foster human-robot interaction (HRI) research to improve safety, efficiency, and usability in collaborative industrial environments
Conduct advanced research in autonomous robotics
Conduct advanced research in autonomous robotics

Strengths &
Areas of Expertise

The CoE specializes in several focus domains related to AI, including:

Expertise in developing control algorithms, AI modules, and integrating robotic platforms across fixed, mobile, and aerial systems seamlessly.

Specialised in embedding, configuring, and fusing data from multi-modal sensors into intelligent systems.

Focus on efficient power management, renewable energy sources, and energy harvesting for sustainable applications.

Covers full product lifecycle from user-centered design to prototyping, validation, and compliance testing for robotics and smart products.

Research Centres

The CoE comprises seven specialised research centres, each focusing on distinct areas that support the domains within Robotics & Sensing Technologies

Centre for Advanced Robotics (CAR)

  • Advanced Robotics Systems and Control
  • AI & ML for Robotics and Automation
  • Human-Robot Interaction (HRI
  • Sensing and Perception Technologies
  • Robotics power and energy systems

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