National Gallery Singapore s first robot museum guide
One of the best ways to enhance your museum experience is through a docent tour. As part of its ongoing bid to become a smart museum, the National Gallery Singapore piloted its first autonomous robot guide, Temi, in September last year. Developed by a US-based startup of the same name and helmed by Israeli robotics expert Yossi Wolf, the one-metre‑tall robot offers visitors a 20-minute on-demand physically guided audio tour of a series of four artworks on people and portraits at the DBS Singapore Gallery 1.
Meet Emma, the robotic masseuse
Singapore-based startup AiTreat takes a modern approach on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with its robotic masseuse Emma, or short for expert manipulative massage automation. Launched in 2017, the robot mimics the action of a human palm and thumb to replicate the traditional Chinese therapeutic massage tui na strokes, which targets various acupoints.