Overview
Current Grant Calls
Past Grant Calls
General Enquiries
Overview
As part of NEA’s strategy to leverage robotics technology to transform Singapore’s environmental services sector, the Environmental Robotics Programme (ERP) was developed. The ERP is an R&D funding initiative that was launched alongside the Environmental Services Industry Transformation Map (ES-ITM) in December 2017.
As part of NEA’s strategy to leverage robotics technology to transform Singapore’s environmental services sector, the Environmental Robotics Programme (ERP) was developed. The ERP is an R&D funding initiative that was launched alongside the Environmental Services Industry Transformation Map (ES-ITM) in December 2017.
In particular, the ERP aims to:
a) Enable productivity gains. Through the research, development, demonstration and deployment of robotic solutions, NEA seeks to reduce both NEA’s and NEA contractors’ manpower requirements for current-day operations as well as for future operations in an increasingly urbanised environment.
b) Enable sustainable manpower stream. The use of robotic technology can transform current manual tasks that are traditionally lower-skilled, lower paying and strenuous, into jobs that are higher-skilled, more productive and better-paying. This would make such jobs more accessible and attractive to a wider demographic base, including locals.
c) Enhance current capabilities and enable new ones. The use of robotic technology will improve the safety and effectiveness of NEA officers and enable them to better access confined and dangerous areas to carry out inspection, monitoring and sampling tasks.
The Environmental Robotics Programme seeks to develop robotics solutions for NEA’s work areas in:
i. Cleaning of Public Spaces;
ii. Waste Management (Collection, Transportation, Sorting and Disposal);
iii. Inspection, Monitoring and Sampling for Pest and Pollution Control
The public sector will continue to lead demand, with projects aimed at catalysing the local robotics industry, providing opportunities for small and medium enterprises, institutes of higher learning, and research institutes to build up expertise and experience in delivering environmental robotic solutions which can be commercialised and exported.
Current Grant Calls
There is currently no open grant call.
Past Grant Calls
Grant Call Title |
Design, Development and Trial of Autonomous Environmental Service Vehicles (AESVs) |
Publication Date |
13 Dec 2017 |
Closing Date |
19 Mar 2018 |
Grant Call Details |
For more information, please click here.
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Awarded Projects
Name of Proposal |
Host Institute |
Lead Principal Investigator |
Partner Institute(s) |
Co-Investigator |
Autonomous Environmental Service Vehicles |
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) |
Professor Wang Dan Wei (NTU) |
1.Enway Pte Ltd (Enway), 2.Wong Fong Engineering Works (1998) Pte Ltd, 3.Veolia ES Singapore Industrial Pte Ltd |
Mr Bo Chen (Enway) |
Design, Development and Trial of Autonomous Environmental Service Vehicle (AESV) |
Singapore Technologies Engineering Land Systems (STELS) |
Mr Sioh Ek Leng (STELS) |
800 Super Waste Management Pte Ltd (800 Super) |
Mr Jason Tan (800 Super) |
Development of automated system for the mass production and deployment of male Wolbachia-Aedes mosquitoes for Project Wolbachia - Singapore |
National Environment Agency - Environmental Health Institute (NEA-EHI) |
Associate Professor Ng Lee Ching (NEA-EHI) |
Orinno Technology Pte Ltd (Orinno) |
Dr David Du Yu (Orinno) |
Toucan: A New Class of Versatile Robots for Pest Control and Drain Inspection Tasks |
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) |
Assistant Professor Mohan Rajesh Elara (SUTD) |
1.LionsBot International Pte Ltd (Lionsbot), 2.Ocenia Robotics Pte Ltd (Oceania) |
1.Uma Ramu (Lionsbot), 2.Venkatesan Ganesan Sathish (Oceania) |
Panthera: A Self-Reconfigurable Class of Pavement Sweeping Robot |
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) |
Assistant Professor Mohan Rajesh Elara (SUTD) |
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General Enquiries
Please refer to the following contact details: Environmental_Robotics@nea.gov.sg if you require further information or have any enquiries regarding your application.