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SUTD Researchers Create Robot That Falls Like Maple Seed, Sails Like Boat
Called ALBATROSS, short for Airborne Lander with Buoyant AuToROtating Sailing Sensor, the concept platform is designed to reach remote waters quickly and in future deployments, remain there monitoring environmental conditions for weeks at a time.
Times Higher Education University Rankings Released; First Time Three Singapore Universities Listed
Times Higher Education released its 2027 World University Rankings and for the first time, three Singapore universities have made the rankings. These include National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and SUTD.
Helping society with the aid of ‘AI’
SUTD students won second prize in the university category at this year’s Dell InnovateFest competition. Their application “Bloom Up” was created to help users in a Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (MINDS) programme carry out everyday tasks on their own.
PacificLight's S$1.2 billion hydrogen-ready power plant to begin operations in 2029
Senior lecturer, Dr Teo Tee Hui shared his expert opinion on the new billion-dollar hydrogen-ready power plant that is coming up on Jurong Island and what it means for Singapore energy needs.
When AI goes wrong for kids
As parents worry about AI chatbots going rogue and providing detrimental advice to their children, Professor Yow Wei Quin shared her expert opinion that this is about AI misalignment, and that guardrails are typically installed or improved only after technological advances.
Sending in the machines
Automation is taking on labour-intensive tasks such as grouting, painting and cleaning, reducing workers’ exposure to hazards. Robots such as Dragonfly, a mosquito trapping robot, sTetro, a staircase cleaning robot and Mantis, a modular window facade cleaning, all developed by Professor Mohan Elara and his team, were featured.
Teaching radar to read motion in traffic scenes
A research team led by Assistant Prof Zhao Na developed IterFlow, a lightweight learning framework that helps 4D radar estimate the 3D motion points in a traffic scene.
The Big Question: Would you trust a driverless taxi to get you to your destination safely?
CNA938 Rewind – With driverless ride-hailing soon becoming available in Singapore, experts like Research Assistant Prof Samuel Chng and taxi driver, Eddie, come together to discuss how autonomous vehicles could disrupt driving jobs, what they might cost and how they could change the way Singaporeans get around.
Single-actuator drone modeled on maple seeds flies with 43.5% less error, study finds
SUTD researchers have developed a control method that allows a robot that flies with one actuator anticipates its next movements. The approach was demonstrated on SAM, short for Samara-Seed Inspired Single-Actuator Monocoptor. This project was led by Professor Foong Shaohui.
Theory-Guided AI Halves Network Congestion for Billions of IoT Devices
A new theory-guided AI framework for managing random network access can cut the time needed to clear congested queues in half while drastically reducing both average latency and collision rates. This framework was developed by researchers from Beihang University and SUTD.
