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SUTD Senior Lecturer Teo Tee Hui shared the key challenges facing Singapore’s transition to hydrogen power.

SUTD Professor Mohan Rajesh Elara’s mosquito-catching robots were featured in a report on Singapore’s multi-pronged use of technology, biological control and inspections to combat dengue.

SUTD students Puah Joon Leng and Anieyrudh R., together with Senior Lecturer Sumbul Khan, shared with The Straits Times how the deliberate and responsible use of AI can preserve critical thinking and encourage “productive struggle” in learning.

SUTD student Anieyrudh R. shared with The Straits Times practical ways to use AI as a learning aid—such as asking it to critique rather than complete one’s work—while Senior Lecturer Sumbul Khan’s Feynman Bot was highlighted as a tool that strengthens understanding by prompting students to explain concepts clearly.

With climate change and increasingly recurrent extreme weather events, sewers and drainage infrastructure requires more frequent inspection and maintenance. Iguana, a robot designed and developed by Professor Mohan Rajesh Elara and his research team can help with such inspections, increasing work efficiency and worker safety.

SUTD Senior Lecturer Teo Tee Hui shared his views on how understanding energy labels can help consumers save energy and money.

Professor Mohan Rajesh Elara and his team developed a fall mitigation system for robots using design, AI and technology.

SUTD Senior Lecturer Teo Tee Hui shared that acidic fruit juice, including from pineapples, may damage stone flooring such as marble if not cleaned promptly, especially in Singapore’s hot weather.

Singapore is positioning itself as a hub for “physical AI” robots and autonomous systems that can clean buildings, deliver goods, patrol public spaces, etc. Professor Mohan Rajesh Elara shares some insights on this.

Australian tech company Nanoveu has acquired SUTD start-up, Spinoff Robotics, which specialises in advanced semiconductor, visualisation and materials sciences.