【敬邀參與無人機應用學士學位學程專題演講】

School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

Civilian and commercial demands for various applications using unmanned aerial vehicles (also known as drones) have greatly increased in the recent years. Multiple drones operating and performing different tasks over a same airspace is commercially feasible in the near future. Therefore, various initiatives and products on UTM (unmanned aircraft systems traffic management) since the term “UTM” was coined by NASA a few years ago.

The talk will first give an overview of the global UTM efforts by various bodies. Commonly developed frameworks and principles will be discussed. Recent key initiatives and measurements for drone operations in Singapore will also be mentioned. Next, the current UTM works by the team in the NTU-ATMRI (Air Traffic Management Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University) will be demonstrated by illustrations, including the video clips. The works focus mainly on the safety and airspace managements for drone operations. During the talk, the Taiwan’s efforts and experiences on UTM would also be discussed. It is obvious that “one solution cannot fix all” and every solution depends on the respective applications, environments, set-up etc.

 個人介紹 Brief Biography

K. H. Low (Kin Huat Low) received BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan. His MSc and PhD degrees, both in Mechanical Engineering, were awarded by the University of Waterloo in Canada. After the PhD degree, Kin Huat stayed in the University of Waterloo as a postdoctoral fellow. Kin Huat then joined the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. He is currently a professor in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, NTU.

With his research backgrounds in Robotics and Structural Dynamics, Kin Huat started his research in the NTU working in the areas of vibrations and impacts, especially to problems of nonlinear loaded beams and plates. He has next spent several years in bioinspired robotics, including robotics fish, legged robots, and exoskeletons. Such efforts and experiences extended and applied to his R&D in rehabilitation robotics, focusing on patient-centric and task-oriented hand and gait rehabilitation robotics. In recent years, Kin Huat is actively working on drone-related projects. He is currently leading a programme on UAS (unmanned aircraft systems). The programme focuses on issues contributing to safety and airspace managements of drone operations.

Kin Huat has published about 400 articles in the areas of robotics, vibrations, impact and collision modelling, path planning and management of UAV (unmanned aircraft vehicle) operations. He has collaborated with professors in several renowned world’s universities through research visits and research projects in various topics. Kin Huat serves as associate editorship for several journals. He has also chaired numerous committees and workshops in various international conferences. For his recent involvement in UTM (unmanned aircraft systems traffic management), he has been invited to deliver keynotes and talks in several global events, including ICAO’s Drone Enable Symposiums. He is an honorary member of GUTMA (Global UTM Association). He is also a member of the ICAO RPAS Committee in the respective areas.