The National Robotics Programme Office (NRPO) is responsible for catalysing differentiated Robotics and Embodied AI (EAI) R&D capabilities at our Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) and Research Institutes (RIs) for the benefit of our economy and society. NRPO also works to foster public‑private partnerships to ensure robotics and EAI technologies and IPs developed with public funding are relevant for industry and are commercialised into useful products, services and solutions that are adopted in Singapore and around the world.

A key role of NRPO is to bring together end‑users across different industries, robotics, automation and EAI companies, and our IHLs/RIs to identify use cases and technology gaps that public‑private partnerships can help to address. In doing so, we enhance Singapore's robotics and EAI R&D capabilities and help Singapore‑based robotics, automation and EAI companies to innovate and differentiate themse...