February 11, 2026
NEAR Lab at the Innovation Showcase, Singapore Airshow 2026
Next-gen Edge AI & Robotics (NEAR) Lab Building robust autonomy
for the physical world.
Advancing the algorithms and systems that enable robots to perceive, reason, and act reliably in real-world environments.
Research
Three pillars of Robust Physical AI
Pillar 01
Perception
Multi-modal, multi-robot perception for consistent world understanding across heterogeneous agents — fusing vision, depth, inertial, and proprioceptive signals into edge-deployable spatial and semantic representations.
Pillar 02
Coordination & Action
Hierarchical decision-making and multi-robot coordination for translating high-level intent into robust physical behavior under partial observability and communication constraints.
Pillar 03
Edge Intelligence
Hardware-aware learning and inference for robots with strict power, thermal, and latency budgets — from model compression to AI–systems co-design for on-device autonomy.
Featured Work
Flagship projects
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Perception
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Coordination & Action
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Edge Intelligence
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Systems
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