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Biography

Education Background

• Ph.D. Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2011
• Specialist Diploma in E-Learning Design & Development, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore, 2008
• MSc Consumer Electronics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2005
• BEng Electronics & Communication Engineering, Bharathiar University, India, 2003

Research Interests

• Reconfigurable Robotics
• Robot Ergonomics
• Bio-inspired Design
• Robotics Foresight
• Human-Robot Interaction
• Assistive Technologies

Research Projects

• Principal Investigator,Highly agile inspection robot, Oxpecker, ST Aerospace Ltd, 2017-18.
• Principal Investigator, Ermine: A Self-reconfigurable Class of Maintenance Robots, National Robotics Programme – Robotics Enabling Capabilities and Technologies, 2017‐19.
• Principal Investigator, Towards Autonomous Fault Diagnosis in Self-Reconfigurable Robots, ����ɫ�� Start-up Research Grant, 2017‐20.
• Principal Investigator, Stallion 2: Design of a High-Performance Reconfigurable Robot, ST Electronics (Info-Comm System) Pte Ltd, 2016‐17.
• Principal Investigator, V‐Tetros: Design of Nested Reconfigurable Glass Façade Cleaning Robots for High Rise Buildings, ����ɫ��‐JTC Industrial Infrastructure Innovation Centre Grant, 2015‐17.
• Co-Principal Investigator, Future of Cities: Living with Technology, Lee Kwan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, National Research Foundation – Ministry of National Development Land and Liveability (L2) NIC Grant, 2014-16.
• Co-Principal Investigator, Design of Reconfigurable Robotic System Mosquito Surveillance/Targeting to Control Infectious Diseases, ����ɫ��-MIT International Design Centre Grant, 2014-16.
• Co-Principal Investigator, Systems Technology for Autonomous Reconnaissance & Surveillance, Temasak Grant, 2013-2017.
• Co-Principal Investigator, Design and development of a highly manoeuvrable propulsion system in Unmanned Surface Vehicle for Maritime RobotX Challenge, US Navy International Cooperative Opportunity, US Office of Naval Research Global, 2013-2014.
• Co-Principal Investigator, RoboMods: Design Principles for Self-reconfigurable Modular Robots, ����ɫ��-MIT International Design Centre Grant, 2012-15.

Recent Research Videos

• https://www.youtube.com/user/mrelara

Invited Talks

• Guest Speaker, Singapore Civil Defense Force SCDF Ideathon 2018, 7^thMarch 2018.
• Guest Lecture, Tokyo Institute of Technology Innovation Symposium, 17^thFebruary 2018.
• Keynote Speaker, I³C Symposium on Industrial Infrastructure Research, 23 November 2017.
• Speaker, “Designing High-Performance Deployable Robots for Built Environments”, ARUP Explores: Robotics in the Built Environment, October 2017.
• Speaker, “The Science of Designing Self-reconfigurable Robots”, Zhejiang University DOU Research Lecture, September 2017
• Speaker, “Design Principles for Robot Inclusive Spaces”, ����ɫ��-ZJU Joint IDEA Research Workshop, October 2016.
• Invited Lecture, “The Art of Bio-inspired Design”, St. Joseph Institutions, May 2016.
• Speaker, “Robot Inclusive Urban Infrastructures: A Design Initiative”, Cities Roundtable, Singapore, November 2015.
• Speaker, “Bio-inspiration in Transformer Robots”, EmTech Singapore MIT Technology Review Conference, Singapore, January 2015.
• Key Note Speaker, “Bio-mimicry: Creative Innovation Inspired by Nature”, International Conference on “Creativity and Innovation for Business Sustainability”, India, November 2014.
• Guest Speaker, “Robot Ergonomics: In Search of New Robot Inclusive Design Approach for Service Applications”, 12^thRegional Inter-Networking Conference, Singapore, September 2014.

Awards & Achievements

• Bronze A’ Design Award, Category: Engineering and Technical Design, 2018
• Iron A’ Design Award, Category: Lighting Design, 2018
• Singapore Good Design Mark Award, Design Business Chamber Singapore, 2018
• Singapore Good Design Mark Award, Design Business Chamber Singapore, 2017
• Winning Light Installation Design, i Light Marina Bay 2017
• Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation for Humanitarian Applications (RAHA), 2016.
• Singapore Good Design Mark Award, Design Business Chamber Singapore, 2016
• Best Cross Functional Team Award, ����ɫ�� Excellence Award 2016.
• Best of Design in Engineering Award, ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education) Annual Conference, 2012
• Journal of Teaching Practice Award, Excellence in Education & Training Convention, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore, 2010.
• Research Commendation Award, Excellence in Education & Training Convention, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore, 2010.
• Young Inventors’ Award, Tan Kah Kee Foundation, Singapore, 2010.
• Journal of Teaching Practice Award, Excellence in Education & Training Convention, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore, 2008.
• Silver Award (Best Paper), 4th Scientific Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Singapore, 2007.
• Best Paper Award, TechSym National Symposium, India, 2003.
• Best Paper Award, CONCLAVE-TECXPLORE National Symposium, India, 2002.
• Anna Award, Academic Excellence in Higher Secondary School Exam, Government of Tamil Nadu (India), 1999.

Journal Publications

• Tun, T. T., Mohan, R.E.,Kalimuthu, M., & Vengadesh, A. (2018). Glass facade cleaning robot with passive suction cups and self-locking trapezoidal lead screw drive. Automation in Construction, 96, 180-188.
• Le, A., Arunmozhi, M., Veerajagadheswar, P., Ku, P. C., Minh, T. H., Sivanantham, V., & Mohan, R.E.,(2018). Complete Path Planning for a Tetris-Inspired Self-Reconfigurable Robot by the Genetic Algorithm of the Traveling Salesman Problem. Electronics, 7(12), 344.
• Le, A., Prabakaran, V., Sivanantham, V., & Mohan, R.E.,(2018). Modified A-Star Algorithm for Efficient Coverage Path Planning in Tetris Inspired Self-Reconfigurable Robot with Integrated Laser Sensor. Sensors, 18(8), 2585.
• Nansai, S., Onodera, K., Veerajagadheswar, P., Mohan, R.E.,& Iwase, M. (2018). Design and Experiment of a Novel Façade Cleaning Robot with a Biped Mechanism. Applied Sciences, 8(12), 2398.
• Veerajagadheswar, P., Mohan, R.E.,Pathmakumar, T., & Ayyalusami, V. (2018). A Tiling-Theoretic Approach to Efficient Area Coverage in a Tetris-Inspired Floor Cleaning Robot. IEEE Access, 6, 35260-35271.
• Ilyas, M., Yuyao, S., Elara, M. R., Devarassu, M., & Kalimuthu, M. Design of sTetro: A Modular, Reconfigurable and Autonomous Staircase Cleaning Robot. Journal of Sensors.
• Venkataraman, S., Song, B., Luo, J., Subburaj, K., Mohan, R.E.,Blessing, L., & Wood, K. Does Analogical Distance Affect Performance of Ideation?. Journal of Mechanical Design.
• Prabakaran, V., Mohan, R.E.,Pathmakumar, T., & Nansai, S. (2018). Floor cleaning robot with reconfigurable mechanism. Automation in Construction, 91, 155-165.
• Prabakaran, V., Mohan, R.E.,Sivanantham, V., Pathmakumar, T., & Kumar, S. S. (2018). Tackling Area Coverage Problems in a Reconfigurable Floor Cleaning Robot Based on Polyomino Tiling Theory. Applied Sciences, 8(3), 342.
• Elangovan, K., Krishnasamy Tamilselvam, Y.,Mohan, R.E.,Iwase, M.; Takuma, N., Wood, K.L. Fault Diagnosis of a Reconfigurable Crawling–Rolling Robot Based on Support Vector Machines. Appl. Sci. 2017, 7, 1025.
• Yanagida, T., Mohan, R.E.,Pathmakumar, T., Elangovan, K., Iwase, M. Design and Implementation of a Shape Shifting Rolling–Crawling–Wall-Climbing Robot. Appl. Sci. 2017, 7, 342.
• Nansai, S.,Mohan, R. E., Tun, T.T., Veerajagadheswar, P., Pathmakumar, T. A Novel Nested Reconfigurable Approach for a Glass Façade Cleaning Robot. Inventions 2017, 2, 18.
• Bharatharaj J.,Mohan, R. E., Huang, L., Al-Jumaily, M., & Krageloh, C. (2017). Sociopsychological and physiological effects of a robot-assisted therapy for children with autism.International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems.
• Bharatharaj, J., Huang, L.,Mohan, R.E.,Al-Jumaily, A., Krägeloh, C. Robot-Assisted Therapy for Learning and Social Interaction of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Robotics 2017, 6, 4.
• Fuchida, M., Pathmakumar, T.,Mohan, R.E.,Tan, N., Nakamura, A. Vision-Based Perception and Classification of Mosquitoes Using Support Vector Machine. Appl. Sci. 2017, 7, 51.
• Tan, N.,Mohan, R. E., & Watanabe, A. (2016). Toward a framework for robot-inclusive environments.Automation in Construction,69, 68-78.
• Telenko, C., Wood, K., Otto, K.,Mohan, R. E., Foong, S., Pey, K. L., … & Frey, D. (2016). Designettes: An Approach to Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Education.Journal of Mechanical Design,138(2), 022001.
• Kulandaidaasan Sheba, J.,Mohan, R. E., Martínez-García, E., & Tan-Phuc, L. (2016). Trajectory Generation and Stability Analysis for Reconfigurable Klann Mechanism Based Walking Robot.Robotics,5(3), 13.
• Rao, A.,Mohan, R. E.,& Elangovan, K. (2016). Constrained VPH+: a local path planning algorithm for a bio-inspired crawling robot with customized ultrasonic scanning sensor.Robotics and Biomimetics,3(1), 12.
• Tan, N.,Mohan, R. E., & Elangovan, K. (2016). Scorpio: A biomimetic reconfigurable rolling–crawling robot.International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems,13(5), 17.
• Masataka, F.,Mohan, R. E., Tan, N., Nakamura, A., & Pathmakumar, T. (2016). Terrain Perception in a Shape Shifting Rolling-Crawling Robot.Robotics,5(4), 19.
• Tan, N.,Mohan, R. E., Foong, S., Yamakita, M., Iwase, M., Hatakeyama, S., … & Zhu, Q. (2016). IDC Robocon: A Transnational Teaming Competition for Project-Based Design Education in Undergraduate Robotics.Robotics,5(3), 12.
• Nansai, S.,Mohan, R. E., & Iwase, M. (2016). Speed Control of Jansen Linkage Mechanism for Exquisite Tasks.Journal of Advanced Simulation in Science and Engineering,3(1), 47-57.
• Karutaa Gnaniar, S.K., E. Mohan, Martinez-Garcia, E.A. and Ambrosio Lazaro, R.C., 2016. Towards Bio-Inspired Chromatic Behaviours in Surveillance Robots.Robotics,5(4), p.20.
• Ning Tan,  Nicolas  Rojas,   E.  Mohan,  Vincent  Kee,  and  Ricardo  Sosa.      “Nested Reconfigurable Robots: Theory, Design, and Realization”,International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2015
• Takuma Nemoto, E. Mohan, and Masami Iwase, “Rolling Locomotion Control of a Biologically Inspired Quadruped Robot Based Energy Compensation”,Journal of Robotics, 2015.
• Nansai, N. Rojas,R. E. Mohan, R. Sosa, and M. Iwase, “On a Jansen Leg with Multiple Gait Patterns for Reconfigurable Walking Platforms,”Advances in Mechanical Engineering (Special Issue on Reconfigurable and Deployable Mechanisms), 2015
• Shunsuke, N. Tan, N.  Rojas,R. E. Mohan, R.  Sosa.  “Walking Synchronization and Stability of a Quadruped Robot with Reconfigurable Legs” Digital Communication Networks, 2015.
• Nemoto, T.,Mohan, R. E.,& Iwase, M. Energy-based control for a biologically inspired hexapod robot with rolling locomotion. Digital Communications and Networks, 1(2), 125-133, 2015.
• Arnab Sinha, Ning Tan,R. E. Mohan, “Terrain Perception for a Reconfigurable Biomimetic Robot using Monocular Vision”,Robotics and Biomimetics, vol. 1, no. 23, 2014.
• S. Jaichandar,R. E. Mohan, Edgar A. Martínez-García, Le Tan Phuc “Synthesizing Reconfigurable Foot Traces with Klann Mechanisms”Robotica, vol. 1, no. 17, 2014.
• Nansai, N. Rojas,R. E. Mohan, R. Sosa, and M. Iwase, “On a Jansen Leg with Multiple Gait Patterns for Reconfigurable Walking Platforms,”Advances in Mechanical Engineering (Special Issue on Reconfigurable and Deployable Mechanisms), 2015.
• Takuma Nemoto,R. E. Mohan, and Masami Iwase, “Realization of rolling locomotion by a wheel spider-inspired robot”,Robotics and Biomimetics, 2014.
• A. Martínez-García, E., Abril Torres-Méndez, L., R. E. Mohan. Multi-legged robot dynamics navigation model with optical flow. International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems, 2(2), 121-139, 2014.
• Shunsuke,R. E. Mohan, N. Tan, N. Rojas, and I. Masami. “Dynamic Modeling and Nonlinear Position Control of a Quadruped Robot with Jansen Linkage Mechanism”Journal of Robotics, 2014.
• Nansai, S., R. E. Mohan, & Iwase, M. Dynamic analysis and modelling of Jansen mechanism. Procedia Engineering, 64, 1562-1571, 2013.
• Martínez-García, Edgar, Diana R. Uribe Escalera, and E. Mohan. “Kinematic manipulability of multi-joint bio-inspired extremities.” Procedia Engineering,64 (2013): 1533-1542.
• Rivero-Juárez, Joaquín, Edgar A. Martínez-García, Abril Torres-Mendez, and E. Mohan. “3D Heterogeneous multi-sensor global registration.”Procedia Engineering 64 (2013): 1552-1561.
• Yang, C. Zhou,R. E. Mohan“A Fast Vision System for Soccer Robot”,Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, Vol. 9, No. 4, Pg. 399-407, 2012
• A. Acosta Calderon,R.E. Mohan, “Task Learning Based on Imitation of Object’s Goals,”Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, Vol. 9, No. 4, Pg. 427-441, 2012
• R.E. Mohan, W.S. Wijesoma, C.A. Acosta Calderon, C. Zhou, “On the Redefinition of Fan Out Metric for Human-Robot Interactions with Humanoid Soccer Robots”,International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, Vol. 7, No. 4, Pg. 565-586, 2010.
• R.E. Mohan, W.S. Wijesoma, C.A. Acosta Calderon, C. Zhou, “False Alarm Metrics for Safe Human-Robot Interactions in Service Robots”,Advanced Robotics, Vol. 24, No. 13, pg. 1841-1859, October 2010.
• R.E. Mohan, W.S. Wijesoma, C.A. Acosta Calderon, C. Zhou, “Validating Extended Neglect Tolerance Model for Human-Robot Interactions in Humanoid Soccer Robots”,Robotica, Cambridge Press, 2010.
• R.E. Mohan, W.S. Wijesoma, C.A. Acosta Calderon, C. Zhou, “Experimenting False Alarm Demand for Human-Robot Interactions in Humanoid Soccer Robots”International Journal of Social Robotics, Vol 1, No.2, pg. 171-180, 2009.
• C.A. Acosta Calderon,R.E. Mohan, L. Hu, C. Zhou, and H. Hu, “Generating Human-like Soccer Primitives from Human Data,”Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2009
• R.E. Mohan, C.A. Acosta Calderon, C. Zhou, P. K. Yue, “Extending NGOMSL Model for Human-Humanoid Robot Interaction in Soccer Robotics Domain”Applied Bionics & Biomechanics, 2008.
• C.A. Acosta Calderon,R.E. Mohan, C. Zhou, L. Hu, P.K. Yue, and H. Hu, “A Modular Architecture For Humanoid Soccer Robots With Distributed Behaviour Control,”International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, 2008.

Book/Book Chapter Publications

• Poon, K.W., Lee, H., Lim, W.K.,Mohan, R.E., Chae, Y., Balasubramanian, G., Yong, A. and Yeong, R., Future of Work, Education, and Healthcare. World Scientific, 2017.
• Ning Tan,R. E. Mohan, and Karthikeyan Elangovan, “A Bio-inspired Reconfigurable Robot”, inAdvances in Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots II, Part IV, pp. 483-493, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2016.
• Teo Kiah Hwee,R. E. Mohan, Ricardo Sosa, and Ning Tan. “Analyzing the Innovation Growth of Robotic Pets through Patent Data Mining”, inResearch into Design Across Boundaries Volume 2, pp 365-374, Springer India, 2015
• Carlos Antonio Acosta Calderon,R. E. Mohan, and Yussouf Pranggonoh, “Self-Deploy in Mobile Sensor Networks for Surveillance and Rescue Scenarios,”Autonomous Robots, Control, Sensing and Perception, Editor E.A. Martinez Garcia and L.A. Torres Mendez, Cuvillier Verlag, Pages 60-81, 2011.
• C.A. Acosta Calderon,R.E. Mohan, C. Zhou, “Distributed Architecture for Dynamic Role Behaviour in Humanoid Soccer Robots,”Robot Soccer, InTech, 2010.
• R.E. Mohan, C.A. Acosta Calderon, C. Zhou, T. Yang, L. Zhang, and Y. Yang, “Adapting ADDIE Model for Human Robot Interaction in Soccer Robotics Domain,”RoboCup 2008, Springer, 2008
• C.A. Acosta Calderon,R.E. Mohan, and C. Zhou, “Rhythmic Locomotion Control of Humanoid Robot,”MICAI 2008: Advances in Artificial Intelligence (Lecture Notes in Computer Science), Editors A. Gelbukh and E. Morales, Springer, Volume 5317, Pages 626-635, 2008.

Selected Press

• The Straits Times, “Singapore firm to make robot cleaners for rent”, 31st October 2018.
• Today, “Smart mosquito traps to go on trial at the end of this year”, 8th July 2018.
• The Straits Times, “Shape-shifting robots may help clean hawker centres”, 17th December 2017.
• The Straits Times, “Small spider-shaped robot bag Singapore design mark”, 17th March 2017.
• The Lianhe Zaobao, “Robomozziecop”, 28th December 2016.
• The OKTO, “Make Me a Super”, 24th December 2016.
• The Straits Times, “Rise of the Machines”, 9^thJuly 2016.
• CNBC Interview, “Singapore’s solution to active ageing? A Robot”, 27^thDecember 2015.
• The Straits Times, “Into the Future”, 16^thOctober 2015.
• Digital News Asia, “Emtech Singapore lifts the curtain on future technologies”, 28^thJanuary 2015.
• The Straits Times, “Riding on robots to rev up productivity”, 7^thOctober 2014.
• The Straits Times, “Transformer not just child’s play for robotics researcher”, 31^stAugust 2013.