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In ‘Made in SG’ on CNA938, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Shane Kyi and Danial Sufiyan, recent winners of James Dyson Award, national runner-up in Singapore, for their ground-breaking idea on smart reusable radiosondes. Listen to the podcast here.


– CNA938 with Melanie Oliveiro

Dr. Neo Kok Beng, host of YouTube series ‘Aspire with Prof Neo’, interviews Dr. Shane Kyi on his start-up idea ‘airXeed’, which proposes a wide range of nature-inspired technology solutions, including digital forests and wildfire detection. Watch the video interview here.

- Dr. Neo Kok Beng

James Dyson Award, Global Sustainability Winner 2024

airXeed Radiosonde

SGMark Singapore Good Design Award, 2019

SAW: Samara Autorotating Wings

S.K.H. Win, K. Lim, B.L. Suhadi, D. Sufiyan, S. Foong, “Aerial deployment of novel gravity-assisted ground penetrating sensors using nature-inspired platform,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Seattle, USA, 27 June - 1 July, 2023.

Article

D. Sufiyan, L.S.T. Win, S.K.H. Win, Y.H. Pheh, G.S. Soh, S. Foong, “An efficient multi-modal nature-inspired unmanned aerial vehicle capable of agile maneuvers,” Advanced Intelligent Systems, Vol 5(1), 2200242, 2022.

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S.K.H. Win, L.S.T. Win, D. Sufiyan, S. Foong, “An agile samara-inspired single-actuator aerial robot capable of autorotation & diving,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol 38(2), 1033-1046, 2021.

Article, Video

D. Sufiyan, L.S.T. Win, S.K.H. Win, G.S. Soh, S. Foong, “Joint mechanical design and flight control optimization of a nature-inspired unmanned aerial vehicle via collaborative co-evolution,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol 6(2), 2044-2051, 2021.

Article, Video

S.K.H. Win, L.S.T. Win, D. Sufiyan, G.S. Soh, S. Foong, “Concurrent optimization of mechanical design and control for flapless samara-inspired autorotating aerial robot,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Boston, USA, 6-10 July, 2020.

Article, Video

D. Sufiyan, Y.H. Pheh, L.S.T. Win, S.K.H. Win, G.S. Soh, S. Foong, “A central pattern generator-based control strategy of a nature-inspired unmanned aerial vehicle,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Boston, USA, 6-10 July, 2020.

Article, Video

S.K.H. Win, L.S.T. Win, D. Sufiyan, G.S. Soh, S. Foong, “Dynamics and control of a collaborative and separating descent of samara autorotating wings,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol 4(3), 3067-3074, 2019.

Article, Video

D. Sufiyan, L.S.T. Win, S.K.H. Win, G.S. Soh, S. Foong, “A reinforcement learning approach for control of a nature-inspired aerial vehicle,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Montreal, Canada, 20-24 May, 2019.

Article, Video

S.K.H. Win, L.S.T. Win, D. Sufiyan, G.S. Soh, S. Foong, “Design optimization of flap configuration in samara autorotating wing with multi-functional aerodynamic structure,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Hong Kong, 8-12 July, 2019.

Article, Video

S.K.H. Win, L.S.T. Win, G.S. Soh, S. Foong, “Design, modelling and control of collaborative Samara Autorotating Wings (SAW),” International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications, Vol 3, 144-157, 2019. 

Article

S.K.H. Win, T.H. Goh, J.E. Low, D.S.B. Shaiful, L.T.S. Win, G.S. Soh, S. Foong, “Direction controlled descent of Samara Autorotating Wings (SAW) with n-wings,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Brisbane, Australia, 21-25 May, 2018.

Article, Video

D. Sufiyan, L.S.T. Win, J.E. Low, S.K.H. Win, G.S. Soh, S. Foong, “Optimized transition path of a Transformable HOvering Rotorcraft (THOR),” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intlligent Mechatronics, Auckland, New Zealand, 9-12 July, 2018.

Article, Video

S.K.H. Win, C.H. Tan, D. Sufiyan, J.E. Low, G.S. Soh, S. Foong, “The effects of chordwise wing optimization of single-winged samara in autorotation,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Munich, Germany, 3-7 July, 2017.

Article, Video

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