CREDIT · ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF DRONE & IOT
Research • Innovation • Intelligent Connected Systems
CENTRE FOR RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT OF IoT
Engineering Intelligent
Connected Systems
CREDIT advances IoT, robotics, edge AI, digital twins, 5G and autonomous systems through applied research, innovation and industry collaboration.
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APU research in the heart of Kuala Lumpur.
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ABOUT CREDIT
A strategic centre for IoT research, talent and technology translation.
CREDIT is the Centre for Research & Development of IoT at Asia Pacific University. It was established to build industry-capable talent, catalyse research and collaboration in the IoT sector, and give students and academic staff access to applied IoT knowledge and know-how.
The centre operates as a multidisciplinary testbed and prototype hub—connecting sensing, robotics, AI, digital twins, connectivity and autonomous systems with real industry problems, student innovation and commercialisation pathways.
RESEARCH FOCUS
Building the technologies behind connected intelligence.
CREDIT works across hardware, sensing, autonomy and AI to create practical cyber-physical systems.
IoT & Intelligent Sensing
Autonomous Robotics
Edge AI
Digital Twins
5G & Connected Systems
FEATURED RESEARCH
Platforms built around real-world problems.
ARIVAAN MEDIGUARD
Autonomous multimodal healthcare screening
An autonomous healthcare robotics platform combining AI medical reasoning, non-contact multimodal sensing, autonomous navigation and physician-in-the-loop review.
MULTISENTINEL SWARMGUARD
AI-powered autonomous inspection
An AI-powered autonomous mobile robot for hazardous industrial inspection, combining ROS2 navigation, acoustic sensing, gas monitoring, thermal analysis and VLM-based anomaly detection.
OMNITWIN
Physics-connected digital intelligence
A digital-twin platform integrating drones, AI, machine learning and NLP to improve coordination, resource management, safety, facility management and operational visibility.
HYDROGUARD
Autonomous chemical-safety monitoring
A chemical-detection specialist platform featuring multi-gas detection, contamination mapping and industrial safety monitoring for hazardous environments.
HOW WE BUILD
From sensing to intelligence.
Sense
Connect
Understand
Act
RESEARCH IMPACT
Research designed for translation and deployment.
Applied R&D
Research centred on real engineering challenges and working prototypes.
Industry-linked
Collaboration connecting academic research with deployment needs and commercial pathways.
CREDIT IMPACT
Research with measurable momentum.
34+
International awards
from 2025–2026
37+
Active intellectual
property filings
60+
Research
publications
RM300k+
Cloud research
grants
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