Overview of R&D Themes

Pioneering Industry 5.0

The Singapore Manufacturing 2030 Vision envisions manufacturing becoming smarter, greener, and more connected. ARTC collaborates closely with public agencies, institutes of higher learning, and industry on four strategic R&D themes through enabling knowledge-based and data-driven manufacturing with human augmentation technologies to prepare and sustain a future ready workforce.

The four themes are:

Next-Gen Manufacturing Processes

Advancing additive manufacturing and multi-material processing to improve product performance in extreme environments and sustainability. ARTC is developing technological capabilities in these areas:

4D additive manufacturing
Adaptive machining and surface engineering
Hybrid and multi-materials manufacturing
MedTech manufacturing
Extreme environment manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing Industrialisation

Autonomous Manufacturing

Enabling harmonious human–AI–machine collaboration for human-centric workforce augmentation. ARTC is developing technological capabilities in these areas:

Smart and flexible robotics
Hyper automation and interoperability
Intelligent product verification
Industrial digital twin and metaverse
Cyberphysical production system

Autonomous Systems and Robotics
Intelligent Product Verification
Smart Virtual Systems

Net Zero Manufacturing

Tackling climate change through life cycle engineering for sustainable manufacturing.

ARTC is developing technological capabilities in these areas:

Circular micro-factories
Industrial Symbiosis
Knowledge-infused remanufacturing
ReMan X
Decarbonise manufacturing processes
Energy and resource-efficient manufacturing

Remanufacturing Process Technology
Smart Remanufacturing Systems
Sustainable Operations Management and Design

Resilient Value Chain

Enhancing visibility, flexibility, collaboration and control for strengthening resilience of value chains.

ARTC is developing technological capabilities in these areas:

Collaborative supply management
Continuous last-mile logistics
Unified commerce
Disruption-proof supply chains
Resilient and localised supply chain development

Digital Supply Chain