A collaboration between JTC and the Nanyang Technological University, QuicaBot is a robot developed to be used in the construction industry.

QuicaBot – short for Quality Inspection and Assessment Robot – can be used to check defects in buildings, picking up non-conformance such as cracks, uneven surfaces and walls meeting at angles that are out of square. It uses laser scanners to capture 3D data of the room, an inclinometer to check the slope of floors, a visual camera to pick up cracks, and an infrared camera that detects hollowness and hollow tiles. It can improve inspection time by around 50%.

Innovation Partner:
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

 

A collaboration between JTC and the Nanyang Technological University, PictoBot is a robot developed to be used in the construction industry.

PictoBot can paint walls and ceilings up to 10 metres in height, making it ideal for industrial buildings. It scans its surroundings with a laser sensor to build a 3D model of the job site, moving up and down via an automated jack-up platform while spray-painting the walls with its six-axis robotic arms. PictoBot can paint a wall 25% faster than a crew of two painters, thus improving productivity and safety. It can also be used in the dark, enabling 24-hours continuous painting.

Innovation Partner:
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

 

The H3 Zoom.Al Façade Inspector is a new AI-analytics service which aims to automate the future of building façade inspections. Integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, visual analytics and drone technologies within one easy-access platform, the service accelerates the typically high-risk, laborious and expensive façade inspection process. The AI Façade Inspector is capable of automatically identifying, locating, and reporting defects and anomalies on buildings' exterior façade in a way that simplifies and digitises today's existing facilities management processes.

Innnovation Partner:
H3 Zoom.AI

 

The Scrub 50 is a fully autonomous cleaning robot which was designed to help reduce manpower and improve the quality of cleaning. Equipped with laser detectors, a 3D-depth camera and ultrasonic sensors, it enables the robot to detect areas to be cleaned. It also prevents it from bumping into people or objects. The Scrub 50 is Singapore's first cleaning robot prototype capable of autonomously navigating to its docking station where it charges, rinses and refills completely unassisted.

Innovation Partners:
WIS Holdings and Gaussian Robotics

 

JTC's J-Ops Command Centre is one of the first integrated building and estate operations command centres in Singapore. It houses multiple smart Facilities Management (FM) systems with functions such as building optimisation, estate monitoring and workflow automation, to allow JTC to remotely monitor and manage FM operations for majority of its developments and estates across the island. The Command Centre allows JTC to achieve improvements in tenant comfort, reductions in energy leakages, and efficiencies in resource deployment.

Innovation Partners:
Iconics, Microsoft, Oneberry, Planon, NCS and more.

 

Launched in June 2017, SolarRoof is the first solar energy business model in Singapore that enables the direct export of solar electricity, generated from the rooftops of JTC's buildings, to the national power grid. It is a result of a test-bed project from JTC's first Open Innovation Call in 2015. SolarRoof optimises rooftops for solar power generation and catalyses the adoption of clean energy in Singapore. Consumers can purchase solar-generated electricity, even if the buildings they occupy are not equipped with solar panels.

JTC buildings that are currently supplying solar electricity to the national grid include JTC Space @ Tuas Biomedical Park, JTC Space @ Gul and Offshore Marine Centre.

Innovation Partner:
Sun Electric