CLARA ONG
NUS Robotics & Machine Intelligence
building intelligent systems · autonomy · perception · ai/ml · hardware · design
Experience
Intern
Defence Science and Technology AgencyDSTA
Teaching Assistant
National University of SingaporeNUS
Centre for Nurturing Computing Excellence
Currently Working On
Projects
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Autonomous Mobile Robot
TurtleBot3 with ROS2, Nav2, and AprilTag perception for autonomous delivery across a maze.
- TurtleBot3
- ROS2
- Nav2
- AprilTag

Localised Drone Detection for Singapore Airspace
Research project training a YOLOv11 detector on a curated Singapore dataset to investigate localised data effects on no-fly zone detection.
- YOLOv11
- Python
Autonomous Drone Navigation
GPS-denied indoor flight using onboard perception and planning.
- PX4
- MAVSDK
- YOLO
- ROS2

OpenDuck Bipedal Robot
Bipedal duck robot built end to end — hardware, software, teleop API, and product.
- Bipedal Locomotion
- Teleop

CarePal
A one-stop platform for youths and working adults to prioritise their mental and physical health, made fun through augmented reality.
- Figma
- UI/UX

ArtHaven
A social platform for artists, built around a cloaking feature that makes posted artwork awkward to steal.
- Figma
- UI/UX

Autonomous Ball Retrieval Robot
Mobile robot that autonomously detects, collects, and returns balls.
- ESP32
- OpenCV
Silicone Part Counter
Computer-vision counter for small molded parts on a production line.
- YOLO11
- OpenCV
- Python

Roti Proa (RP2) Solar Boat CFD Analysis
Research project running OpenFOAM simulations to analyse hull hydrodynamics for a wind- and solar-powered outrigger vessel.
- OpenFOAM
- CFD
Certifications
CSWA Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate
Dassault Systèmes
Supervised Machine Learning: Regression and Classification
DeepLearning.AI
Advanced Learning Algorithms
DeepLearning.AI
Unsupervised Learning, Recommenders, Reinforcement Learning
DeepLearning.AI
