Bio-Inspired Robotics & Neural Engineering
24 Apr 2024 – Participants from National Defence Studies Institute (NDSI) course #17 visited VISTEC. On this occasion, they also were presented by our industrial postdoctoral researcher about labs and research at IST, especially, robotics fields. They had visited ARAI and WAI research facillities before leaving VISTEC.
On April 22, 2024, a pivotal safety training session took place at a local laboratory, featuring Dr. Don and Aj. Montien from the Thai-Nichi Institute. The training emphasized understanding safety laws and identifying potential hazards. Key areas of focus included the risks associated with heavy machinery and specific recommendations like installing a handrail in the Read more about Safety Training Improves Workplace Safety at Local Lab[…]
Rayong, Thailand – The annual AI Academy Camp, a collaboration between Kamnoetvidya Science Academy School (KVIS) and Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), took place on April 3rd, 2024, welcoming an eager group of students from various schools across Rayong. This year’s event focused on hands-on exploration in Mobile Robotics, Soft Robotics, and Computer Read more about AI Academy Camp 2024: Shaping the Future of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence[…]
5 Apr 2024 – Jaikrating foundation leading by Miss Nucharee Yoovidhya, vice president, and her team visited VISTEC and IST building. We appreciated having them to know more on our works in ARAI and WAI research centers.
On April 2, 2024, Joachim Winther Pedersen visited our school and gave a research paper titled “Meta-Learning and Genetic Algorithms in the Age of Hardware Acceleration: Harvesting the Sweet Fruits of the Bitter Lesson”.
Our Postdoc, Dr. Jettanan Homchanthanakul has been awarded a research grant (up to 1 million Yen) from NII (National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan) under the NII MOU grant funding program to perform research exchange at NII. According to this, he will perform bio-inspired robotics research under the NII-VISTEC collaboration this spring for 2 months. Read more about Congratulations on Receiving MOU Grant[…]
On 7th March 2024 – Our Advanced Robotics and Industrial Automation (ARIA) lab had a chance to welcomed and presented our research works to representative from Program Management Unit for Human Resources & Institutional Development, Research, and Innovation (PMU-B บพค.) led by Prof. Dr. Sompong Klaynongsruang, the division director.
5 Mar 2024 – A group of participants from Wahrton’s global modular course on the topic of Thailand: Disruptive Technology, Innovation, and Manufacturing visited VISTEC. On this occasion, they also visited Wangchan Advanced Industrial (WAI) Laboratory: Sense-Think-Act Machines.
Congratulations on your thesis examination; best wishes for this significant milestone in your life and career. May many more come! Big Congratulations to our student! Mr. Binggwong Leung (Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Poramate Manoonpong)
Announcement – There will be a special seminar by Asst. Prof. Dr. Chaipat Chunharas from Chulalongkorn University on the topic: “Embodied Computational Neuroscience“ Date: 6th Feb 2024 Time: 1:30 – 15:00 pm Place: IST lecture room 1st Flr. This is a special talk under course IST532 Embodied AI for Machine Intelligence.