In advanced manufacturing, Mrs Teo highlighted the potential of physical and embodied AI technologies.
She said that Singapore’s industrial robot density is about five times the global average and is consistently among the highest in the world.
As such, physical AI could support simulations for process redesign while digital twins could improve predictive maintenance, reduce material wastage and minimise production downtime.
Still, Mrs Teo cautioned that technologies developed in research labs do not always perform effectively in real factory environments.
“To see real impact, we will need collaborators from the hardware, software and operational domains,” she said. On that note, she welcomed NVIDIA’s new research lab in Singapore, which will focus on embodied AI and efficient AI technologies.
