Director Robhatah Robotic Solutions :: Associate Professor, NUS
Singapore
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- Director at Robhatah Robotic Solutions (Singapore, Bangalore)
- Associate Editor at International Journal of Humanoid Robotics
- General Secretary at Federation of International Robotsoccer Association
- A/Professor at National University of Singapore
- Past
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- Secretary at IEEE Singapore Section
- Technical Activity Coordinator at IEEE Region 10 (Asia-Pacific)
- Post Doctoral Felllow at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
- Lecturer at National Institute of Technology Calicut
- Education
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- Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
- Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
- University of Calicut
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Dr. Prahlad Vadakkepat’s Summary
Dr. Vadakkepat, an Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore is the founder secretary of the Federation of International Robot-soccer Association [FIRA: www.fira.net] and currently its General Secretary. He is also the founder director and chief mentor to an entrepreneurial start-up “Robhatah Robotic Solutions” at Singapore [www.robhatah.com]. His initiative among others includes an international conference on Computational Intelligence, Robotics and Autonomous Systems [http://ciras.nus.edu.sg] which is being held successfully since 2001. He was the general chair to the FIRA RoboWorld Cup and Congress 2005 which was held in Singapore [http://fira.nus.edu.sg].
Dr. Vadakkepat is an associate editor of the International Journal of Humanoid Robotics. His Humanoid robot and robot soccer teams have consistently won several international prizes. The latest include first prize and overall championship in Humanoid robot soccer at the FIRA Robot World Cup (Germany 2006, Singapore 2005 and Austria 2003), First Prize (open category) in Singapore Robotic Games (2004) and Second prize in FIRA 2004 (first Prize was won by a robot sold by his start-up Robhatah).
He was elected as the Secretary to the IEEE Singapore Section for the year 2005. He has served as Technical Activity Coordinator to the IEEE Region 10 (Asia-Pacific) in 2001-2002. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineers (IETE), India.
He is also actively involved in various technical forums including conferences, symposia and robotic competitions. He has been featured in several prominent newspapers and TV shows in India, Singapore, USA, Korea, Spain and France.
He has publications in several leading international journals. The publications are available at: http://vadakkepat.com/web/content/view/48/86/
Dr. Prahlad Vadakkepat’s Specialties:
Distributed robotic systems, Humanoid robotics, Biomorphs, Neuro-Fuzzy Controllers and Intelligent Control techniques.
Dr. Prahlad Vadakkepat’s Experience
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Director
Robhatah Robotic Solutions (Singapore, Bangalore)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Research industry)
2004 — Present (5 years)
Robhatah’s core technologies help consumer electronics giants deliver robotics-enabled devices to their respective markets and have attracted many known industry players.
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Associate Editor
International Journal of Humanoid Robotics
(Research industry)
January 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)
Reviewing technical research articles and publishing
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General Secretary
Federation of International Robotsoccer Association
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 2000 — Present (9 years 7 months)
Founder secretary of the Federation of International Robot-soccer Association [FIRA: www.fira.net] and currently its General Secretary. FIFA organizes robotic competitions world wide.
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A/Professor
National University of Singapore
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
May 1999 — Present (10 years 3 months)
Teaching Robotics. Research on robotics, humanoids, intelligent controls
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Secretary
IEEE Singapore Section
(Non-Profit; 5001-10,000 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 2005 — December 2005 (1 year)
Managing IEEE Singapore section
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Technical Activity Coordinator
IEEE Region 10 (Asia-Pacific)
(Non-Profit; 5001-10,000 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 2001 — December 2002 (2 years)
Organized Technical Activity Board Colloquia in Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan
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Post Doctoral Felllow
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
December 1996 — December 1998 (2 years 1 month)
Founded the Federation of International Robotsoccer Association in 1997. Research fields: Multi-agent systems, multiple robotic systems, robot-soccer systems, FIRA, MiroSot.
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Lecturer
National Institute of Technology Calicut
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
July 1991 — November 1996 (5 years 5 months)
Teaching, Research
(Formerly REC Calicut)
Dr. Prahlad Vadakkepat’s Education
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Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
PhD , Intelligent Control , 1989 — 1996
PhD Thesis: Investigations into new tunable fuzzy and modular neuro-fuzzy controllers
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Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
MTech , Control, Guidance and Instrumentation , 1987 — 1989
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University of Calicut
BTech , Electrical Engineering , 1982 — 1986
University THIRD Rank (Hon.)
Additional Information
Dr. Prahlad Vadakkepat’s Websites:
Dr. Prahlad Vadakkepat’s Interests:
robotics, cooperative robotics, humanoids, robot soccer, computational intelligence
Dr. Prahlad Vadakkepat’s Groups:
General Secretary, Federation of International Robosoccer Association (www.fira.net)
Associate Editor, International Journal of Humanoid Robotics
Director & Chief Mentor, Robhatah (Robotic Solutions) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore)
Senior Member, IEEE – Since 2005
Fellow, Inst. of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers India, Since 2005
Secretary, IEEE Singapore Section, 2005
Technical Activity Coordinator, IEEE Region 10 (Asia-Pacific), 2001–02
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University of Calicut Alumni
Dr. Prahlad Vadakkepat’s Honors:
Robhatah at the finals (top 5) of Startup @ Singapore 2006
2nd prize, Humanoid dash, FIRA RoboWorld Cup USA 2007
Humanoid Champion, FIRA RoboWorld Cup Germany 2006
Humanoid Champion, FIRA RoboWorld Cup Singapore 2005
1st place , Humanoid (Open category) Singapore Robotic Games 2004
2nd Prize, Humanoid, FIRA RoboWorld Cup Korea 2004
Humanoid Champion, FIRA RoboWorld Cup Austria 2003
2nd Prize, robotic soccer, Singapore Robotic Games 2002
2nd Prize, Benchmark category, FIRA RoboWorld Cup Beijing 2001
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