The
BorneoRobot (BRT) concept put forward by UTAR Team stole the lime light in
The 2nd International Robot Pride Competition and Exhibition (Pride
2013-2014) held at Dewan Sri Budiman, UiTM Shah Alam on 21-22 June 2014. The
annual international event themed “Technology for Domestic Use and Disabled
Community” was aimed to explore and exhibit innovative ideas and designs
within the scope of Robotics, Sensors, Automation, Computation and
Intelligent Systems.
In
relation to the theme this year, four UTAR Centre of Immersive Technology
and Creativity (CITC) members namely lecturers Aloysius Yapp, Mohd Fairuz
bin Ali, Ng Perng Jeu (PJ), and specialist Goh Kiang Kuan introduced RBT, a
concept used to promote potential roles of robots in increasing human’s
daily productivity and their limitations.
The
idea that came from Aloysius was developed further by the team and
illustrated in a digital storyline production about a local Iban boy’s
encounter with a robot.
“BRT
carries messages about the relationship between four elements which are
human, nature, technology, and culture. The story of how the Iban boy
encounters a robot in his life is an interesting illustration of BRT in a
simplest way,” said Aloysius representing his teammates.
Aloysius and the team who also showcased their artworks for the innovative
design in robotech at the exhibition were elated as the event paved ways for
more possible collaborations in making BRT a successful production.
Adding
on what brought more joy to the team is the international recognition gained
for BRT as they were invited to produce a publication with Procedia Computer
Science, an open access online journal series indexed in SCOPUS. The
worldwide freely-available journal series is hosted on www.Elsevier.com and
Elsevier content platform, ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com).
All the papers published in Procedia will also be indexed by Thomson
Reuter’s Conference Proceeding Citation, another significant source of
reference for researchers recognised globally.
PRIDE
2013-2014 was organised by the Center of Excellence for Humanoid Robots and
Bio-Sensing (HuRoBs), Faculty of Mechanical Engineering UiTM, and IEEE-RAS
Malaysia Chapter. Stands for “Performance, Reliability, Innovation, Design,
Exploratory”, PRIDE focuses on fundamental and application using creative
engineering and computer technologies towards potential exploration as
commercial products. It is also a platform where inventors meet the
investors and endorsed by Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
(MOSTI) and Ministry of Education (MOE) Malaysia.
From
left: Ng, Aloysius, Goh, and Mohd Fairuz with their certificates of
participation at the programme venue
From
left: Aloysius, Goh and Ng together with their concept artwork during the
exhibition
Aloysius representing his team to explain their robotic concept to the
judges
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