OUR VISION We will be the NO. 1 in the mass Science enrichment market.
OUR MISSION To bring out the best potential in every student.
OUR VALUES EPIC Experiential – To make complex concepts simple to our students through our holistic learning programmes encompassing visual, auditory and focusing on kinesthetic instructional methods. Participatory – Enhances EQ and teamwork through fun, problem based learning. Inspire Confidence
COMPANY PROFILE
ELPMIS Consultancy was started in 1999 to provide a problem-based learning experience to the students of Singapore schools.
ELPMIS is the first to introduce multi-disciplinary robotics courses to Singapore schools. ELPMIS provides a complete range of robotics courses from beginner to competition level.
All of our courses are learner-centered. Students are required to apply their newly gained knowledge to solve challenges posed by our instructors.
Besides robotics courses, ELPMIS also provides software courses and programming training, mostly to provide a holistic experience in learning robotics.
In 2006, Elpmis International Pte Ltd was incorporated to support the expanding business.
OUR COMPANY NAME
Spell ELPMIS backwards to know the word. It also means we always try to be simple. We make high technology simple to understand.
Client testimonial After our training for her students completed conclusively... "Mr Yap is a dedicated trainer who goes out of his way to help the school and students whenever he can. He seems to work nonstop, even on weekends to ensure the students do not lose out on anything. The boys are indeed indebted to you for your guidance...", Educator, Mdm Goi.
OUR LOGO
It is a robot's head. We will love to see an ElpmisBot built one day with this logo as the head. 'Simply Simple' is also within the logo to remind us of Our Credo to provide Simply Simple Robotics Training.
"There are 3 Cs to success, Consistency, Consistency and Consistency", the 1st 'speech' Kang heard from Aaron during his freshmen orientation camp, by Mr. Aaron Tan Tuck Choy, NUS, SOC.
How our company name, Elpmis, came about?
Our founders fully agreed back in 1998 that we should make knowledge simple to understand.
Simple was the most important word to us, it still is. We went to the registry of company back then to verify that we can call ourselves SIMPLE Consultancy. Much to our surprise, there are many companies that start with the word simple already. Search for 'simple' in http://www.acra.gov.sg/general/directory.html if you would like to see for yourself. The last check showed 100+ companies using that already.
Unwilling to give up on our agreed word, Mr. Kang's wife, who happened to be with him that day, brainstormed with him, considered many different words of the same meaning, played with the letters, and she finally struck the reverse of 'simple', i.e. 'elpmis'. In some dialects, it can be read as 'buai kan dan', meaning it was not simple to come up with that name.
Looking up 'elpmis' in the system showed that it was unique, it still is!
The name was simply registered, and it has reminded us all these years to try our best , even when things are not so simple.
Thus 'Elpmis' was born, 1998. Business started coming in 1999, and we have been providing Simply Simple solutions ever since. Come 2005, we decided to stick with our best skills, Robotics Training, so we are now focused on our Credo, providing Simply Simple Robotics Training.
In 2009, January, a new Director was appointed to continue growing the ELPMIS culture. Mr. David M. Moh, who's been working with ELPMIS since 2005, played a key role in the developments within ELPMIS. Now, trusted to fill in the large shoes that Mr. Kang has left, Mr. Moh will seek to build on the foundations that have been laid down by Mr. Kang.
Our track records (more like our students' achievements, and we are very proud of you all.)
* Year 2008 o RoboCupJunior Australia * 20th Sep * 3 teams participated o Inter-School Robotics Challenge * 15th July * 2 teams participated o East Zone Robotics Challenge * 25th July * 2 teams participated o RoboChallenge 2008 * 4th July * Co organised with Catholic High School * Rules approved by RoboJunior (Singapore) Society * Venue: Catholic High School Auditorium * Teams: 55 o FLL World Festival 2008 * Atlanta, USA * Kudos to Gilbert(not associated with ELPMIS), the Team Singapore trainer who coordinated them well * The Team Singapore won the Top Award after 9 years of US teams clinching that position, we are the first international team to get that award. It comprises of members from * Singapore Chinese Girl's School * River Valley High School * Juying Primary School
* Year 2007 o FLL Singapore 2007 * 14th Dec * We were the organiser for this event * Officially known as the Operational Partner, we visited Bodoe Norway and Shanghai China to experience and learn how to organise this event. * The champion team External Fusion went on to FLL World Festival in Atlanta USA 2008, including members from the original team, Singapore Chinese Girl's School and later River Valley High School, Juying Primary School. They top the world by winning the Championship Award, first non-US team in 10 years. * The team from SJI Jnr won the Best Research Award in FLL Asian Open Tokyo Japan. o 9th IRO 2007, Singapore * Held in ITE College East, Simei * Judge in Robot Survival (Junior League, Team challenge). o National Software Competition * Organised by Singapore Polytechnic. * Participated in IT Algorithm Category. o National Junior Robotics Competiiton * Attained Best Newcomer Award. * Attained Best Image Award (2nd Position). * Attained Judges' Award. * Shortlisted for Best Research, Video and Presentation Awards finalist qualifier. * A thank you to all the students who placed in their efforts and commitment during the preparation period. * Congratulations to Nan Hua High School for shortlisted in Best Video, Presentation, Programming and Mechanical Awards finalist qualifier. * Congratulations to Anderson Secondary School for attaining Judges' Award, and shortlisted for Best Presentation, Research, Mechanical, Programming and Most Bizarre Robot Awards finalist qualifier. o Pre-Olympiad Robotic Competition * Hosted by ITE College East * Participated in Line Tracking Robot Category. o 7th Elementz Science Project Competition and Exhibition * Organised by Science and Technology Centre (AJC), North 1 Cluster * Awarded Gold in category D. o Organised RoboChallenge 2007 * Venue: Catholic High School * Volunteers & Logistics: Yio Chu Kang Secondary School * Partners: iShop & Eleos * Theme: Saving a domestic fire * Over 30 teams participated (including public teams) * Secondary School Level Award Holders - Maximum Velocity, Best Robot Performance (1st Prize) - DragonX, Best Robot Performance (2nd Prize) - CHS Team 2, Best Robot Performance (3rd Prize) - RoboBuster, Most Creative Robot Design - Whatever, Best Mechanical Robot Design - NHHS2, Best D & T Quizzer - NHHS1, Best Science Quizzer - CHS Team 2, Best Mechatronics Quizzer - Chopsticks, Judges' Award - NeoHuman, Judges' Award * Primary School Level Award Holders - SumoKnights, Best Robot Performance (1st Prize) - Drome Impalerz, Best Robot Performance (2nd Prize) - RoboKnights, Best Robot Performance (3rd Prize) - Ultimate Dragon Slayers, Most Creative Robot Design - RoboKnights, Best Mechanical Robot Design - iSpark, Best Science Quizzer - iSpark, Judges' Award - Thundering Typhooons, Judges' Award * Most Commendable Award - Damai Titans 3 * Rankings for SJI(Junior), start from top position - Drome Impalerz - The Game Freaks - Flaming Blades - Ultimate Dragon Slayers - Fire Blazers - Crazy Nutshells - Thundering Typhooons o RoboFiesta 2007 * Organised with Qifa Primary School, on May 23rd. * 11 teams participated. * Very glad to see everyone so enthusiatic and willing to give the challenge a shot. To us, everyone of you is a winner. Well done! o FLL, Open European Championship @ Bodø, Norway * May 16 to 21 * Organisers: FIRST Scandinavia. * Technical Judge during the event in Norway Bodo, a beautiful town with 24 hour daylight. o Participated in LEGO Engineering Conference (13-14 Mar 07) * Robotics in Education for Maths, Science and D & T * Presented during the Lego Engineering Conference 2007 by NIE. * A thank you to Conference attendees for your support during the event. Hope to see everyone again in future events. o National Mobile Robot Competition * Organiser: ITE College West * Awarded for 3rd position, another team entered quarter finals o Robofest Grand Finals * Organiser: Lawrence Technological University, with Elpmis * Venue and technology sponsor: iShop by Club 21 * Our 2 champion teams from Damai Sec and West Grove Primary students (who by the way has graduated into Jurong Sec, River Valley High, Anglo Chinese School) did Singapore proud by both winning Director's Awards * Format of competition: Exactly the same rules and layout as Robofest World Championship. Conducted via LIVE VIDEO link in real time! US Michigan started at 9am while we started at 9pm, at night! Thanks again for all the teachers and venue sponsors' team who made this event possible at such late hours. * Robofest 2007 Committee - Technical Advisory Committee - Regional Host Organizing Committee - Program Development Executive Committee o Robotics Competition * Organiser: ITE College Central * Awarded for 2nd position, Robot Soccer o Singapore Robotic Games * Judge in Wall Climbing Robot category * Year 2006 o Organised Robofest Singapore 2006 * Co-organiser: iShop by Club 21 * Venue sponsor: iShop by Club 21 * Sponsors: Chimei-LCD panel manufacturer, iShop by Club 21, Edmund Chye, Energizer, Secret Chamber, and many more! * Media teams: Damai Secondary School, Pierce Secondary School * Venue: Cathay Orchard Cineleisure * Participants: Primary, Secondary, JC, Open teams * Categories: Junior, Senior, Open, Sumo * Authorised by Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA o National Software Competition * Organised by Singapore Polytechnic. * Participated in Lego Challenge category. * Shortlisted for finalist qualifier. o National Junior Robotics Competition * Shortlisted for Best Programming, Robot Mechanical Design, Risk Taker Awards finalist qualifier. * Students won various awards of different rankings of their own merit - Primary School Level @ Best Marketing Award (3rd position) @ Entrepreneur Award (1st Position) @ Risk Taker Award (2nd Position) - Secondary School Level @ Water Sprint Award (3rd Position) @ Best Booth Design Award (1st Position) @ Against All Odds Award @ Best Research Award (1st Position) @ Most Bizarre Robot Design Award (1st Position) o THAI Junior Robot Association "International Junior Robot Challenge 2006" * Held in Assumption College, Pattaya, Thailand. * Participants: 91 teams (invited teams from Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and schools from all over Thailand itself). * Awarded for - Soccer 1-on-1 Event 3rd place * Also participated in - Soccer 2-on-2 Event - Rescue Event * Other events - Dance Event - Simulation Event * Japan team from Germany RoboCup finals won Championship in 2- on-2 Soccer events while Thailand teams won the top 2 prizes of 1- on-1 Soccer events. o Robotic Games Society (Singapore) * Committee Member. o RoboChallenge 2006 * Venue: Spring Singapore * Volunteers: Nan Hua High School, Yishun ITE * Participants 10 teams registered (6 schools registered) * Visual remote sensing of casualties by autonomous robots * Goal kick technical challenge that tests not just the robot, and consistency of the human controller. o Underwater Robotics Competition * Held in conjunction with Oceans'06 International Conference, Singapore. * Organised by Acoustics Research Lab (NUS) & URC Committee. * Participated in Tertiary Category. o Singapore Robotic Games * Venue: Nanyang Polytechnic * 6 teams Participated o Elpmis sponsored Open Source Society * Nanyang Technological University * Dynamic Web Design Course o ITE Robot Challenge/Rescue Mission * Co-organised competition with ITE College Central * Participants: 37 teams (over 125 students) * Awarded for 6 out of 10 awards given out - Robot Design Award - Teamwork Award - Judges' Award - Team spirit Award - GREATeam Award - 3rd runner-up - GREATeam Award - 2nd runner-up * Year 2005 o British Council Space Robotics Competition * Participated o RoboJunior 2005 * Co-organised competition with 2 schools * Participants: 17 teams (about 60 students) o THAI Junior Robot Association "International Junior Robot Challenge and Exhibition 2005" * held in BEC-TERO Hall, Bangkok, Thailand * Participants: Japan, Thailand, Singapore * Awarded for - Soccer 1-on-1 - Soccer 2-on-2 - Dance - Rescue events o W3 Cluster Robotics Challenge * Organized by W3 Cluster * Held in Westwood Secondary School, Singapore * Out of 16 teams * Judges' Award o MOE ExcelFest 2005 Schoolworks! Robotics Competition * Organized by Saint Michael's School, Singapore * Out of 19 teams * Champion o RoboCup: organized by www robocup org, held in INTEX, Osaka * Participated * Participants - International teams listed on www robocup org * Kang was one of the judges o National Junior Robotics Competition * Students won various awards of different rankings of their own merit - BEST BOOTH DESIGN AWARD - BEST PRESENTATION AWARD - BEST PROGRAMMING AWARD - BEST WEBSITE DESIGN AWARD - JUDGES AWARD - MOST BIZARRE ROBOT DESIGN AWARD - MOST CREATIVE JOURNAL AWARD x 2 o National Education Robotics Competition * Out of 37 teams * Best Mobility Award * Best Timing Award * Best Robot Performance Award * Secondary School Category Champion * Overall Champion (Including ITE, Secondary and Primary Schools) o National StrITwise Challenge * Organised by Ngee Ann Polytechnic * Out of 32 teams * Finals reached o FIRST Lego League * 1 team participated * Out of 83 teams * Year 2004 o FIRST Robotics Competition * Organized by the Singapore Science Centre * Awarded o W3 Cluster Robotics Challenge * Organized by W3 Cluster * Held in Westwood Secondary School, Singapore * Out of 19 teams * 4th Prize * Judges' Award o East Zone Robotics Challenge * Organized by Victoria Junior College * 1st Prize * 3rd Prize o National Junior Robotics Competition * 6 teams in top 40 to enter Finals * Best Marketing Gimmick o Amateur Roboventors Challenge 2004 * Organised by Boon Lay Garden Primary School, with Westwood Secondary School, Singapore * Participated by 2 of our schools * 3rd in Primary Section * 5th Overall Ranking o FIRST Lego League * Director's Award (Top) * &;nbsp; No Limits Project Award * Best Design Award, 2 teams * Best Programming Award * 8 teams participated in total o National Olympiad of Informatics * Organize by the National University of Singapore * Silver * Year 2003 o National Senior Robotics League * Best Strategy Award * Sprint Race Award * Synchronised Dancing Award (2nd Prize) o Singapore Robotics Games * 4 teams participated o National Junior Robotics Competition * Sprint Award (3rd Prize) * Judges' Award, 6 teams awarded * Best New Comer Award * 7 further awards o FIRST Lego League * Research Presentation Award (2nd Prize) * Teamwork Award (1st Prize) * Commendable Judges' Award o National Software Competition * 2 Bronze Awards o National Olympiad of Informatics * Organize by the National University of Singapore * 2 Bronze Awards * 1 Special Prize * Year 2002 o Singapore Robotics Games * 8 teams participated o National Junior Robotics Competition * Against All Odds Award (1st Prize) * Sumobot Award (2nd Prize) * Best Booth Design Award (2nd Prize) * Best Cheer Team * Best Web Page Design o FIRST Lego League * 3 teams participated * Year 2001 o National Junior Robotics Competition * Participated but full details not recorded o National Software Competition * Organized by Ministry of Education, Singapore * Bronze, Individual Round * 6th Prize, Group Round * Year 2000 o National Junior Robotics Competition * ELPMIS trained a total of 44 teams from 15 secondary schools out of 150 teams * ELPMIS trained a total of 12 teams from 5 primary schools out of 105 teams * The Right Stuff Award (Top most) * Robot Performance (2nd Prize) * Robot Performance (1st Prize) * Against All Odds Award * Against All Odds Award * Dancing Robot Award (2nd Prize) * Dancing Robot Award (3rd Prize) * Sportsmanship Award * Entrepreneur's Award * Best Booth Design Award * Judges' Award #1 * Judges' Award #2
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