In a trailblazing partnership, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore and Delta Electronics, a Taiwan-based tech giant, have pooled resources to fund a $17.8 million Delta-NTU Corporate Lab for Advanced Robotics. This breakthrough initiative aligns with Singapore’s Research Innovation and Enterprise 2025 blueprint.
Over the ensuing three years, the lab is set to engineer solutions addressing labor scarcity in sectors like manufacturing and intralogistics, that pose significant hurdles to industry growth. The lab is particularly focused on crafting cutting-edge systems tailored to support Industry 5.0, featuring technologies such as grip-adjusting robots capable of handling fragile or potentially dangerous materials and smart sensing systems that can energize autonomous mobile robots.
The inception of this advanced robotics lab reflects another milestone in the collaborative efforts of NTU and Delta Electronics. The duo, in 2016, spearheaded the Delta-NTU Corporate Laboratory for Cyber-Physical Systems, which nurtured innovations in smart manufacturing and learning. It was expanded in 2018 to include a broader range of research activities.
The Cyber-Physical Systems Lab has since made remarkable strides, filing 17 patents, of which eight have been issued, and publishing over 200 papers in prestigious journals and conferences. The fruits of their labor have been adopted at scale across industries, comprising an autonomous logistics robot-driven smart navigation system and analytics technology that enhances learning effectiveness.
