Wai Lun Leong

National University of Singapore, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory

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Wai Lun Leong is a robotics researcher specializing in autonomous aerial systems, multi-robot coordination, and 3D environmental mapping. His work focuses on developing intelligent control strategies for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating in complex, real-world environments. Leong’s most impactful contribution is his 2021 paper on an “Intelligent Auto-Organizing Aerial Robotic Sensor Network System for Urban Surveillance,” which has garnered 19 citations and addresses the challenge of deploying adaptive drone swarms for city-scale monitoring. He further advanced multi-robot coordination in his 2020 study on “Improved Multi-Camera Coverage Control of Unmanned Multirotors,” tackling the problem of dynamically positioning UAVs to maximize sensor coverage across a given region. Most recently, Leong has pushed the boundaries of autonomous perception with his 2024 work on “3D Map Generation for Indoor Non-Manhattan World Environments,” which enables small, cost-effective drones to accurately map confined and irregular indoor spaces—a critical capability for search-and-rescue and home robotics. His research bridges theoretical control algorithms with practical deployment, making significant strides toward fully autonomous aerial robotic networks.