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Yew Teck Tan is a robotics researcher whose work bridges autonomous underwater vehicles and biomedical imaging. He is best known for leading the development of STARFISH—a small team of autonomous robotic fish—published in 2011, which has garnered 23 citations. This work introduced a modular, open-architecture design for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), enabling simple baseline configurations with well-defined mechanical, electrical, and software interfaces. More recently, Tan has made significant contributions to medical imaging, developing an automatic 3-D ultrasound and photoacoustic combined imaging system for detecting human inflammatory arthritis (2023, 8 citations). This point-of-care device, built on a commercial GE HealthCare platform, integrates emerging photoacoustic imaging with conventional Doppler ultrasound. Tan has also advanced robotic inspection through informative path planning for environmental monitoring, including work on the Hanford Tank Farm (2019, 4 citations). His research demonstrates a remarkable ability to apply robotics principles across domains—from underwater swarm systems to clinical diagnostics—showcasing both technical innovation and real-world impact.