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Designing our meals with 3D printing
SUTD researchers adopted a microfluidics approach to design a multi-channel nozzle that allows for fast, seamless 3D printing of foods using multiple types of foods.
Singapore’s War On Rats: Can These Rat Busting Solutions Work?
Channel News Asia Talking Point, Engineering Product Development Associate Prof Mohan showcases the Falcon robot which inspects false ceilings for rodents infestations.
New 3D printing technique integrates electronics into microchannels to create flexible, stretchable microfluidic devices
Traditional methods such as soft lithography fabrication which requires cleanroom facilities have limitations in achieving fully automated 3D interconnected microchannels.
Singapore’s Wefaa Robotics Receives Seed Funding To Further Transform STEAM Education With Its Transformer Robots
Singapore-headquartered EduTech startup Wefaa Robotics has recently raised undisclosed seed funding to expand its market, as well as deepen its research and product innovation. The investment, led by Zelos Megatrends Fund and SUTD Venture Holdings, will enable Wefaa to multiply its technological capabilities, strengthen the development team, and expand its product offerings. Wefaa will also invest in growing its customer base and establishing strategic partnerships to achieve sustainable success.
Robots in pest control: Spotting rats, repelling snakes
The shoebox-size, radio-controlled bots are fitted with cameras on each end to stream footage from dark and cramped spaces.
SUTD launches drone for safer, more efficient viaduct inspection
Associate Professor Foong Shaohui came up with the idea in 2019 when chatting with Land Transport Authority (LTA) officers who told him of the difficulty in inspecting viaduct bearings for wear and tear, or defects.
How to Make 3D-Printed Parts Shrink with Precision
Finding a way to ensure uniform shrinkage of features below the wavelength of visible light is a challenge for two-photon polymerization lithography (TPL). A team of engineers from SUTD and the Industrial Technology Center of Wakayama Prefecture in Japan have introduced a new method for ensuring even shrinkage in 3D-printed structures under heat treatment.
Quick and easy method tests antimicrobial susceptibility
In the paper titled ‘Rapid and accurate antimicrobial susceptibility testing using label-free electrical impedance-based microfluidic platform’, Assoc Prof Ye Ai and his team successfully developed an electrical impedance-based microfluidic platform that provides rapid and accurate AMR evaluation within an hour.
Schools testing Singapore-made transformer robots to help teach robotics
SUTD is piloting the use of a reconfigurable robot called “Smorphi” in Northland Primary School to get students excited about robotics. If it goes well, the technology could become part of robotics curriculum elsewhere.
Locally manufactured cleaning robots want to go global
Dr Mohan Rajesh Elara is an associate professor at SUTD. He has been studying the construction of intelligent cleaning robots. When he approached the entrepreneurial husband-and-wife team, he found that they had a like-minded vision for building cleaning robots locally.
