The Max Plank-NTU joint lab for artificial senses is a newly formed lab supported by Max Planck Institute and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The joint lab will leverage on Industry 4.0 technologies, and aims to break new grounds in artificial senses and develop solutions and systems for robotics, sensory mechanisms, prosthetics and healthcare.

The central subject of the joint lab is the potential extension of senses beyond the human capability so as to take on the challenges posed by the future of “artificial intelligence”.

• ​To achieve artificial senses, three components needs to be addressed:
• To obtain reliable sensory data, exteroception sensing in multiple modalities are required based on multiple sensors including mechanical sensing (pressure, strain, etc), chemical sensing (smell, taste, secretion, etc) as well as physical sign sensing (EMG, ECG, EOG, etc).
• To capture the merits of biological signal processing, bio-inspired methods are required based on various processing devices.
• To make sense of the sensory information, AI technologies are required based on machine learning algorithms.

By achieving these, we can expect the following:

• ​Enhanced sensory capability to benefit intelligent city, medical safety anamnesis and even more; 
• Advanced prosthetics and health monitoring with sensation restoration, impression reconstruction, psychodiagnosis, and so on.
• Enhanced robot capability with combination with state-of-art robotic technology;

The lab will also serve as a platform to groom future scientists and engineers, ensuring the grounds remain fertile for industry-driven research.​​

• Enhance education, innovation and technology development of next-gen sensory devices for fourth industrial revolution.