Research Projects (click on project titles for more information)

Biologically-inspired Robots for Stage Performance
W. Dong, P. M. Countouris, and T. Machover

We are developing three biologically-inspired robots for the production of Tod Machover's new opera, Death and the Powers. The project aims to further the state of the art in the design and control of intelligent robots for stage performance, taking inspiration from product design, mechanical engineering, choreographic design, and human-robot interaction.

Wearable Embedded Human Motion Processing System
W. Dong, K. Y. Lim, K. D. Nguyen, and I.-M. Chen

"Smart Suit" was a a three-year research project supported by the Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and Research under the Embedded Hybrid Systems II program. The goal of this project was to develop a high-performance, untethered wearable human motion processing system for real-time sensing and processing of anatomical motion data.

Manipulator Design for Urban Warfare Robot
W. Dong, H. Tjendana, L. W. Shang, C. Gu, and W. S. Lau

I led a four-member team in the mechanical and vision-based control systems of a five-degrees-of-freedom series-parallel manipulator for NTU in the Tech-X Urban Warfare Robot Challenge organized by the Defence Science and Technology Agency of Singapore.

Color Calibration System for Commercial Printers
W. Dong, C. N. Vanderpuije, N. S. Zhang, and K. Youcef-Toumi

We proposed a fast calibration method with feedback control and surface fitting algorithms. The algorithm was sdapted by Kikuze Solutions Pte Ltd. to develop its commercial product.