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National University of Singapore

EDIC Journal

Engineering Design and Innovation Centre

AY 2025/26 SEMESTER 1 ISSUE 1

INNOVATION

& DESIGN

PROGRAMME

(iDP)

Showcasing the boldest ideas, prototypes, and engineering innovations

of this semester’s iDP projects, this edition spotlights student-led

initiatives that bridge theory and practice to address real-world needs

with creativity and technical excellence.

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02 EDIC IDP JOURNAL - AY 2025/26 SEMESTER 1

IN THIS

ISSUE

ABOUT

Introduction

What is iDP About?

Design • Technology • Entrepreneurship

PROJECTS

Smart Manufacturing

VOTÉ — Vision on the Edge

No-code AI Inspection for Complex Assembly

Logistics Automation

KITT CAT - Configurable Kitter

Semi-Automated Kitting Machine

Healthcare Device

Hydrolyte

Bioimpedance Device for Fluid Status Assessment

Healthcare Navigation

Find My Way

App-less Wayfinding System

P5 14

Semiconductor Inspection

OHT Cable Inspection Machine

Predictive Maintenance for Overhead Hoist Transport

Programme

How is iDP Like?

Second major • Minor • Open to All

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Space Technology

Galassia-5 Satellite Programme

Edge AI Earth Observation Satellite with Direct-to-User Downlink Capability

Space Technology

University Rover Challenge (URC) - NUS Mars Rover

Conquering Our Red Planet

LEARN MORE

Experience

What the Students Say L1

Value • Collaborate • Growth

Space Technology

AAS Cansat - LEONUS

Rocket-Launched Autonomous Navigation System

Marine Robotics

Bumblebee

Autonomus Underwater Vehicle

COMPETITIONS

Robotics

NUS Calibur Robotics

Fielding the Future of Robotics

EDITORIAL

TEAM

Tan Ping Hui

Louis Lim Kai Yih

Ji Hyun Chun

Tan Kian Yu

CORRESPONDING

EDITOR

Royston Shieh Teng Wei - shiehtw@nus.edu.sg

Tan Ping Hui - e1121572@u.nus.edu

Tanya Rai

Lek Yu Shin

Bhatia Aksh

Motorsport

NUS Formula SAE

Formula-style Race Car

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NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC)

Internship in leading startup ecosystems, like

Silicon Valley, New York, Stockholm and more.

About 1 in 5 iDP students get to join NOC.

✈️

Stanford Global Engineering Design

Innovation (GEDI) Programme

Collaborate with Stanford University students

on international innovation projects for cross- cultural, cross-discipline design work.

Overseas Competitions & Challenges

Compete internationally regularly with winning

teams like Bumblebee (RoboSub, RobotX),

Formula FSAE, RoboMaster.

🏆

The Innovation & Design Programme (iDP) aims to

cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset in students

by helping them understand innovation and apply

their knowledge and skills to solve problems and

design new products, services, and experiences

through hands-on, interdisciplinary projects. The

programme targets students interested in

entrepreneurship to further develop their ideas for

commercialisation across various industries.

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INTRODUCTION

What is iDP about?

Overview

I N D U S T RY PA R T N E R S

Build for Real Companies

Every iDP project is either proposed by an industry

partner or pitched by students and matched to

companies. You don't just simulate solving a

problem, you solve it, with a real client, real

constraints, and a real brief.

P R O T O T Y P I N G FA C I L I T I E S

Build Right Here on Campus

iDP students get funded access to fully equipped

fabrication workshops across Block E2A with lab

staff guiding you through from early-stage ideation

to fully working hardware prototypes.

G L O B A L E X P O S U R E

Build Locally. Compete Globally.

iDP also actively pushes students into international

arenas, such as overseas internships, global

competitions, and cross-university collaborations.

🎓

D E S I G N • T E C H N O L O G Y • E N T R E P R E N E U R S H I P

— Formula SAE Lab

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Second Major (40 units)

Core iDP Courses

Full capstone or Ideas to Start-up FYP

8 additional iDP elective units that can be

mapped over to NOC.

Minor (20 units)

Core iDP courses only

Lighter commitment

Still get full facility access

Y1 S1 Settle into NUS

Y1 S2

Product Design and Innovation

(4 units)

* other options available

Y2 S1

Value Creation in Innovation

(4 units)

* other options available

Y2 S2

Ideas to Proof-of-Concept

(12 units)

Y3 S1

Y3 S2

Student Exchange

/ Internship

Other Electives

Y4 S1

(8 units)

Innovation and

Design Capstone /

Ideas to Start-up

Y4 S2

(12 units)

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iDP is offered as a Second Major or Minor in

Innovation & Design, open to students from any

primary major across NUS, such as Engineering,

Computing, Science, Business, Arts, Architecture,

and more. You begin building things from Year 2

and carry real projects through to graduation.

Overview

PROGRAMME

How is iDP Like?

S E C O N D M A J O R • M I N O R • O P E N T O A L L

Second Major vs Minor

K E Y C O U R S E S

T Y P I C A L T I M E L I N E

Product Design and Innovation

Learn frameworks to identify user needs, spot

opportunities for innovation, and generate

ideas for new products and services.

Value Creation in Innovation

Explore industry value chains, develop value

propositions for product, and craft market

approaches with viable business models.

Ideas to Proof-of-Concept

Work in multidisciplinary teams with peers,

faculty, and industry partners to turn a real

problem into a working prototype

Innovation & Design Capstone

Apply everything learned to pursue a self- directed area of innovation, extending a

previous project or tackling a fresh challenge.

* It fulfills Integrated Project for Engineering majors.

The learning journey begins with fundamental

courses that introduce students to basic concepts in

innovation and design, and culminates in a year-long

design project and a final year project where students

are expected to apply their design knowledge and

skills to develop solutions to real problems. Students

will also take a number of electives to widen their

knowledge about topics in design, innovation,

business, and entrepreneurship.

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P1. VISION ON THE EDGE

VOTÉ

T H E P R O B L E M

N O - C O D E A I I N S P E C T I O N S Y S T E M

PARTNER: VENTURE CORP

MODULE: CDE3301

T H E S O L U T I O N

Quality Escapes Cost Manufacturing

Companies Millions

In Top-Level Assembly (TLA), where a single

operator assembles a complete, multi-layered

product, quality defects are both common and

expensive. According to the Rule of Ten, a defect

that costs $1 to fix at assembly costs $10 after

dispatch and $100 as a field failure.

At Venture Corporation's manufacturing site,

despite having traditional random-sampling

inspection method in place, defective products

sometimes still end up on customers’ hand. The

root cause is that human operators in repetitive

tasks naturally lose focus, and legacy inspection

methods cannot catch every defect in complex,

layered assemblies.

"There is at least one reject every three days,

we need a preventive solution, not just a

corrective one.

— AMTC Engineer, Venture Corporation · Field Visit, Feb 2025

LackofReliable

Inspectionmethod

High

CostofQuality

FaultinAssembly

DUE TO RandomSamplingdoesnot

checkforallassembled

product.

CurrentComputerVision

solutionsarenotadaptable

forcomplexassembly

CAUSES

Step-by-Step AI Inspection at the Edge

VOTÉ integrates customisable computer vision AI

with the Poka-Yoke methodology, which

automatically verifies each assembly step before the

operator proceeds to the next, catching defects the

moment they occur.

Unlike existing AI inspection systems that use fixed,

pre-built models, VOTÉ lets quality control (QC)

engineers train their own custom models with as few

as 6 photos per class with no programming

knowledge required.

VOTÉ Desktop App

Manage

Projects

Define Steps Calibrate

Camera

Finetune

Model

Preprocess

Data

Test Model

VOTÉ Inference App

Select

Projects

Display

Guidance

Override on

Errors

Log Data

Iterate