Adrian David Cheok

Cheok was Professor of Pervasive Computing at City, University of London. He and his students CUL created "Scentee", a device which allowed individuals to transmit fragrances via smartphones with the installed device and aroma cartridges.[1] He has also performed research on taste simulation.[2]

In 2005, Cheok created the "Poultry Internet" project which used a customized haptic jacket to allow him to remotely hug a chicken.[3] He and student Emma Yang Zhang co-created Kissenger, a device which allows people to remotely transmit the physical sensation of kissing.[4]

Cheok co-founded the Love, Sex and Robots conference with David Levy. The conference presented papers which explored the ethics and practical considerations surrounding sexuality and the field of robotics.[5] He organized the academic conference Advances in Computer Entertainment until its demise in 2018,[6] when the conference was boycotted by academics and Springer cancelled their involvement due to a low number of papers and irregularities in the paper submission and reviewing process.[7]

In the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was made a Member (AM) of the Order of Australia for his work in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence.[8] That same year Cheok announced plans to set up an institution called the "Nikola Tesla" Graduate School, with Fraser Anning as honorary chairman and president. At the time, Cheok was actively asking for donations, and the school did not yet have any physical address and was not registered with the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency.[9]

Cheong is a supporter of Australian politician Fraser Anning, and supports his stance on immigration.[10] He ran as a candidate for Fraser Anning's Conservative National Party in Boothby,[11] after initially being selected by Clive Palmer to run for the Senate in Clive Palmer's Unite Australia Party.[12]