Dr. Mohan Rajesh Elara received his B.E. degree from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India, in 2003 and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2005 and 2012, respectively. He is currently an assistant professor at the Engineering Product Development Pillar, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore. His research interests include robotics, with an emphasis on self-reconfigurable platforms and research problems related to robot ergonomics and autonomous systems. He was the recipient of the SG Mark (Singapore Good Design Mark) Award in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019; the ASEE Best of Design in Engineering Award in 2012; the Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors’ Award in 2010; and the A’ Design Award in 2018 and 2019. He is a co-founder of LionsBot International Pte Ltd. and Oceania Robotics Pte Ltd., which are global robotics companies that develop and deploy a wide range of autonomous robots for cleaning and ship maintenance. He is also a visiting faculty member of the International Design Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. He has served in various positions on the organizing and technical committees of several international competitions and conferences.