However, robot manufacturers believe there is a long way to go before these robots can be readily adopted in daily life.
Singapore is turning to robots to open new doors for young talent and help labour-intensive companies cope with the manpower crunch.Professor Quek Tong Boon, chief executive of the National Robotics Programme of Singapore, said it is looking at robots that can assist people in demanding or dangerous roles.that can help lighten the workload of nurses or construction machines that can inspect buildings after they have been completed, he told CNA’s Singapore Tonight on Thursday .
“The reason we are providing more robots in this area is because it is a labour-intensive area, and it is very difficult to attract Singaporeans, especially young people to enter this segment,” said Dr Zhang Yanliang, chief scientist and co-founder of Weston Robot. For instance, delivery robots are not yet able to enter the lifts of buildings to send food to different floors.
At enrichment centre School of Robotics, for instance, building robots using Lego pieces has become a weekly affair for some children.
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