Achievements & Awards

The Robotics Research Centre has obtained international reputation in the areas of medical robots, rehabilitation robots, biomimic robots, reconfigurable robots, humanoid robots, and also precision mechatronics and actuators. Some of the achievements made and awards received by our faculty members are as follows.

Achievements

  • Prof Ang Wei Tech: National Day Award - The Public Administration Medal (Bronze) 2015
  • Prof Chen I-Ming: Fellow of Academy of Engineering, Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) and Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Red Dot International Design Award 2020 (Intelligent Spray Robot – Pictobot)
  • Prof Cai Yiyu: National Day Award - Long Service Award 2024
  • Prof Domenico Campolo: National Healthcare Group (NHG) Research and Innovation Award 2021
  • Prof Hirotaka Sato: Pineapple Science Award by Zhejiang Science & Technology 2025, Fellow of Surface Finishing Society, Best Research Award from Surface Finishing Society Japan
  • Prof Lyu Chen: A*STAR Young Individual Research Grant 2022, New Generation Star Project at IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2025, Championship at A2RL autonomous racing SIM-Sprint Challenge 2025
  • Prof Mir Feroskhan: A*STAR Young Individual Research Grant 2021, First and Second Place at Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition 2025
  • Prof Phee Soo Jay, Louis: National Research Fund (NRF) Investigatorship Award 2016, National Day Award - The Public Administration Medal (Silver) 2022
  • Prof Wang Yifan: A*STAR Investigator Research Grant 2021
  • Prof Yang Jianfei: Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 List in 2024, NVIDIA Academic Grant 2026

Award for Papers

  • Prof Cai Yiyu: Buildings Best Paper Award 2022 (MDPI) 
  • Prof Domenico Campolo: Best Paper Award at 21st International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS) 2021 
  • Prof Erkan Kayacan: Best Systems Paper Award at the Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) conference in 2018 
  • Prof Li King Ho, Holden: Best Short Paper Award at the International Conference of Cyberworlds 2018 
  • Prof Lum Guo Zhan: Frontiers of Science Award at 2025 International Congress of Basic Science 
  • Prof Lyu Chen: Best Paper Award (First Prize) at IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC) 2025, Global New Energy Vehicles Cutting-edge Technology at World New Energy Vehicle Congress 2025 
  • Prof Song Binyang: Two Papers of Distinction at 2023 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE) 
  • Prof Yang Jianfei: First place winner in European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV) 2024 Data Distillation Challenge

Journal Editors

  • Prof Chen I-Ming: Senior Editor of IEEE Robotics and Automation Practice [RA-P], Member of Management Committee of IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Honorary Advisor of Int’l Journal of Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Research 
  • Prof Domenico Campolo: Associate Editor of the Journal of Micro and Bio Robotics (Springer Nature) 
  • Prof Erkan Kayacan: Technical Editor of the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 
  • Prof Hirotaka Sato: Editor of Advanced Robotics Research (Wiley), Associate Editor of IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), Senior Editor of Cyborg and Bionic Systems, AAAS, Science Partner Journal 
  • Prof Li King Ho, Holden: Editor of Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 
  • Prof Lum Guo Zhan: Associate Editor of the Journal of Micro and Bio Robotics (Springer Nature) 
  • Prof Lyu Chen: Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, and IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles 
  • Prof Mir Feroskhan: Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics 
  • Prof Wang Yifan: Associate Editor of Mechanics of Materials (Elsevier) 
  • Prof Xie Ming: Editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Humanoid Robotics (World Scientific), Associate Editor of IEEE Transaction on Autonomous Mental Development 
  • Prof Yang Jianfei: Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, and Neurocomputing (Elsevier)