The National Robotics Programme (NRP), together with partners, has announced a suite of new initiatives to advance robotics adoption and build a future-ready robotics workforce.
The new initiatives include the set-up of a shared testbed, a new collaboration and national standards to advance robot interoperability, and a programme to strengthen talent development.
The Robotics Middleware Framework was first catalysed by NRP in 2018 and developed locally with partners Changi General Hospital (CGH), Centre for Healthcare Assistive and Robotics Technology (CHART), Synapxe, HOPE Technik, and Open Source Robotics.
Built on ROS, a set of software libraries and tools that help developers build robot applications, RMF enables robots and systems from different manufacturers to work together seamlessly.
It reduces repetitive integration work and helps robotics adopters and companies deploy robots more safely and efficiently.
RMF is already in use in major facilities such as the CGH and the Changi Airport (see Annex A for examples).
NRP executive director, Tung Meng Fai, said: “Through open collaboration and shared infrastructure, Singapore is helping industry partners deploy robotics faster, safer, and more widely.
“It is encouraging to see the Robotics Middleware Framework, which originated from Singapore, now proliferating globally as Open-RMF and creating impact across industries.
“These latest initiatives reinforce Singapore’s role as both a contributor to the global open-source community and a hub for robotics adoption.”
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