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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.

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.

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.

An SUTD research team studied the possibility of using white rice and red lentil flours for 3D food printing. Lead author research associate Aakanksha Pant and PhD student, Phoebe Leam Xin Ni, were also quoted in the article. This research was led by Professor Chua Chee Kai and Associate Professor Tan U-Xuan.

In this op-ed, EPD Professor Mohan Rajesh Elara, Academic Director of Innovation PG at SUTD, discusses and shares his views on “When does an impressive robot become a useful one?”.

She started by painting the pickguard of an old bass guitar she bought on Carousell. Today, EPD alumna Julia Becker’s business ThreeStools has gone viral, attracted customers around the world and built up a two-month waitlist for custom orders.

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.