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Jason Lim is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of robotic fabrication, architectural design, and bio-inspired locomotion. His work fundamentally challenges the standardization of high-rise construction, demonstrating how robotic technologies can introduce bespoke, non-serial elements into Southeast Asian urban housing. In his highly cited 2014 paper "Integrating Robotic Fabrication in the Design Process" (14 citations), Lim and colleagues established a framework for liberating residential towers from mass production. He further advanced this through "Design of Robotic Fabricated High Rises" (9 citations) and developed live programming tools for architectural education (2 citations), making industrial robotics accessible to designers. Expanding beyond architecture, Lim has made significant contributions to mobile robotics, notably modeling serpentine locomotion dynamics for wheeled snake robots on varied slopes (7 citations) and analyzing screw-based propulsion across solid, granular, and liquid media (4 citations). His work also extends to medical robotics, with a study on robotic transanal minimally invasive surgery (3 citations). With a total of over 40 citations across his most-cited works, Lim’s research bridges the gap between computational design, autonomous mobility, and real-world robotic deployment, offering a compelling vision for robots that build and navigate complex environments.