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School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering


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Proj No. B3003-251
Title Development of a robotic arm for tree radar
Summary Tree radar is a vital non-invasive tool for detecting internal defects in tree trunks. It offers unprecedented speed and imaging accuracy compared to existing non-destructive testing technologies. However, contactless scanning with tree radar currently requires installing a circular slider around the tree, which demands significant manpower and time. To overcome this limitation, the radar antenna can instead be mounted on a robotic arm.

In this project, the student will support the research team’s tree trunk study with the following responsibilities:

- Design and build a 6-DOF robotic arm to hold the radar antenna for circular scanning around a tree.

- Develop control algorithms for precise height maintenance and accurate contour following.

- Collect and process radar data using the system.

This project will primarily involve both hardware development and software implementation
Supervisor Ast/P Abdulkadir C. Yucel (Loc:S2 > S2 B2C > S2 B2C 110, Ext: +65 67905403)
Co-Supervisor Prof Lee Yee Hui (Loc:S2 > S2 B2C > S2 B2C 81, Ext: +65 67906188)
RI Co-Supervisor -
Lab Centre for Information Sciences & System (CISS) (Loc: S2-B4b-05)
Single/Group: Single
Area: Wireless and Communications Engineering
ISP/RI/SMP/SCP?: ISP:
Dr James Wang
Deputy Director (CUGE)
NParks
James_WANG@nparks.gov.sg