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Launch of the Sectoral AI Centre of Excellence for Manufacturing (AIMfg)
The Sectoral AI Centre of Excellence for Manufacturing (AIMfg) was officially launched today by Mr Gan Kim Yong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry. Announced during the Committee of Supply debate in March 2024, AIMfg will bring together stakeholders across research, industry (including start-ups) and government, to develop artificial intelligence (AI) enabled solutions that address use cases across the manufacturing sector.
Jointly developed by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI), AIMfg is the first sectoral AI Centre of Excellence launched under the Singapore National AI Strategy 2.0. Leveraging A*STAR’s capabilities in areas such as Generative AI and Large Language Models, AIMfg will focus on five key areas: AI for quality assurance, operations optimisation, predictive maintenance, product and component design, as well as industrial automation.
As a leading AI institute, I²R will offer its cutting-edge AI technologies including AI foundation models tailored to enhance manufacturing product design, 3D vision and Visual Language Models, automated visual inspection for surface and subsurface, and time series sensor data analysis that can be applied broadly across diverse manufacturing sectors.
By collaborating closely with manufacturing companies, this co-creation of innovative solutions will deliver tangible economic benefits, including cost reductions and enhanced operational efficiency.
At the launch, I²R showcased our Vision Intelligence for MRO technologies: Smart Automated Aircraft Visual Inspection System (SAAVIS) and Automatic Workflow Tracing and Optimisation for Prescriptive MRO (AWTO).
Find out more about this Sectoral AI Centre of Excellence for Manufacturing (AIMfg) here.
If you are interested to collaborate or explore solutions in this Sectoral AI Centre of Excellence for Manufacturing (AIMfg), please feel free to contact us for further discussion.
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