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Chee Wei Foong is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of advanced manufacturing, robotics, and precision measurement, with particular expertise in automated composite fabrication and laser-based sensing systems. His most significant contributions center on robotic fibre placement — an automated approach to manufacturing fibre-reinforced composite structures that addresses the labour-intensive limitations of traditional methods, making it highly relevant to aerospace and automotive applications. His 2003 paper on fabricating open surfaces via robotic fibre placement has garnered 114 citations, establishing it as a key reference in the field, while his earlier work on process planning and control laid important theoretical groundwork for the discipline. Foong also made meaningful advances in precision metrology, developing laser interferometry-based sensing techniques for tracking and dynamically measuring robotic end-effectors, a paper that attracted 96 citations. Complementing these contributions, he developed lumped parameter mathematical models for pneumatically actuated fibre placement systems, enabling more accurate prediction of dynamic behaviour. Across his body of work, Foong demonstrates a consistent drive to bridge rigorous mathematical modelling with practical robotic manufacturing, contributing tools and methods that continue to inform researchers working in intelligent automation and composite fabrication.