CREDIT - Centre for Research and Development of IoT

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.

LATEST NEWS & ACTIVITIES

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APU Research Breakthrough Drives Autonomous Robotics Innovation into Industry

2026 · CREDIT ACTIVITY

Intelli SwarmGuard advances from APU research into a recognised autonomous robotics and deep-tech commercialisation pathway.

MediGuard Wins Digital Health at the AWS–Elitery CendekiAwan Malaysia Programme 2026

2026 · CREDIT ACTIVITY

ARIVAAN MediGuard receives Digital Health recognition, validating CREDIT and IoTech work in AI-enabled healthcare screening.

IoTech Solutions Joins Cyberview Living Lab Accelerator Cohort 21

2026 · CREDIT ACTIVITY

IoTech enters Malaysia’s long-running Cyberview accelerator with ARIVAAN MediGuard and validated commercial traction.

IoTech Solutions and CREDIT Sweep the World’s Invention Stages in 2026

2026 · CREDIT ACTIVITY

CREDIT and IoTech platforms collect international awards across Europe, Asia and the Middle East during a landmark 2026.

IoTech Solutions Debuts with Platinum at Prestigious Brussels Innovation Competition

2025 · CREDIT ACTIVITY

IoTech Solutions makes its international competition debut with a Platinum Medal and special awards in Brussels.

Final of the Swiss Innovation Challenge Malaysia 2025 with SARVIDROS

2025 · CREDIT ACTIVITY

SARVIDROS reaches the Final Pitching Session with an integrated drone-and-robot disaster intelligence platform.

OUR HOME

APU research in the heart of Kuala Lumpur.

Asia Pacific University

CREDIT is based at APU in Technology Park Malaysia, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur.

Kuala Lumpur · Malaysia

Research, industry and innovation connected in one of Southeast Asia’s most dynamic technology ecosystems.

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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

Connected devices, embedded systems, multimodal sensing and real-time data acquisition.

Autonomous Robotics

Mobile robotics, autonomous navigation, human-machine interaction and intelligent field systems.

Edge AI

Low-latency AI for perception, multimodal intelligence and real-time decision-making.

Digital Twins

Physics-connected digital models for simulation, monitoring, prediction and calibration.

5G & Connected Systems

High-speed connectivity, distributed sensing and edge-cloud coordination.

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

Multimodal sensors, embedded systems and connected devices.

Connect

IoT, 5G, networking and edge-cloud communication.

Understand

AI, perception, analytics and digital-twin intelligence.

Act

Robotics, autonomy, decision support and intelligent control.

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

CREDIT DIGITAL ACCESS

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