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Gerald Seet is a distinguished robotics and autonomous systems researcher whose work spans underwater robotics, aerial inspection systems, and human-robot interaction. With a career bridging marine technology and advanced robotics, Seet has made foundational contributions to sensing, perception, and control in challenging environments. His early work on divergent-beam LiDAR imaging in turbid water (2003, 78 citations) laid important groundwork for underwater optical sensing, complemented by his highly cited 2022 survey on underwater object perception (117 citations), which has become an essential reference for the field. His development of biomimetic underwater vehicles, including the robotic manta ray RoMan-III, demonstrates a creative approach to bio-inspired locomotion and hydrodynamic design. Seet has also advanced underwater vehicle control through robust cascaded systems for pipeline tracking and underactuated vehicle management. Beyond marine robotics, he has expanded into UAV-based nondestructive infrastructure inspection, tunnel inspection robots, and multi-robot supervision — addressing real-world challenges in safety, efficiency, and human workload. His exploration of social robots in museum and heritage language education settings further reveals a commitment to socially relevant robotics applications. Collectively, his body of work reflects a versatile researcher whose innovations meaningfully advance both fundamental robotics research and practical engineering solutions.