High fat content is a common feature of popular food. With the ability to hinder the absorption of fatty acids in the body, the novel functional food ingredient developed presents obvious prominent value to mass market and health-conscious consumers who generally do not want to sacrifice their dietary habits. The technology developed by the Singapore startup, which engineers nature-derived raw materials into advanced food ingredients, hold the promise of improving public health by mitigating fat absorption without changing personal dietary habits.

LiDAR is an optical sensor for distance measurement and has become an indispensable sensor in the visual perception system of autonomous mobile robots and driverless ground and aerial vehicles. However, the existing commercial LiDARs have a limited field of view (FoV). This shortcoming makes a single unit of these LiDARs incapable of seeing the entire immediate space around the robot or vehicle. Setup using multiple-LiDARs for complete coverage is costly (even costlier than the vehicle in many cases), and is visually unpleasant.

Influenza (also called flu) is a contagious disease caused by viruses belonging to the family Orthomyxoviridae. World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that seasonal influenza is responsible for 250,000 to 500,000 deaths annually. High variability of the virus and its easy spread make influenza one of the world’s most dangerous diseases. Accurate diagnosis and prompt treatment with antiviral agents can reduce the impact of influenza. Viral culture and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) are accurate methods for identifying specific viral strains and subtypes.

The reconfigurable hybrid robotics handler has a grasping configuration which can be adjusted based on the shape and size of food items, therefore making it a one-size-fits-all gripper for processing and packaging line in the food manufacturing industry.