ST Engineering Annual Report 2020

OPERATING REVIEW & OUTLOOK LAND SYSTEMS services and production facilities, to explore the use of robots at their workplaces to automate selected processes and comply with safe distancing measures. Our robotics business continued to expand its footprint in the healthcare segment both locally and overseas. In July, we signed an agreement with Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital, the biggest nursing home in Singapore, to deploy our TUGs for meal delivery to its residents. We also worked to deploy 10 TUGs at the Jingzhou ZhongXin Hospital （荆州市中心医院荆北新院 ) in Jingzhou, China. With wireless integration to the building systems, the TUGs are being deployed to deliver medicine at the hospital. Following the successful on- demand autonomous shuttle service trial on Sentosa island in 2019, we began preparation to pilot two autonomous bus services in Jurong Island and Singapore Science Park 2. This is a collaborative effort led by the Alliance for Action on Robotics that was convened by the Emerging Stronger Taskforce to respond to the major shifts in the global economy. In Tel Aviv, Israel, our autonomous shuttle was used by the Bar-Ilan University Smart Cities Center in trials to transport medical equipment and patients diagnosed with COVID-19. We successfully delivered the first batch of Automated Direct Current Chargers to the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA). These have been undergoing interoperability tests at the new Tuas Megaport since September. The PSA Automated Guided Vehicle project is also progressing well and is currently undergoing fabrication works. Commercial Business and Specialty Vehicles The production of the three-door double-deck bus remained on track despite disruptions to our supply chain during Singapore's circuit breaker in April and May, and the first bus was delivered in the fourth quarter of 2020. We also completed the delivery of 20 electric buses, as well as 111 Euro 6 two-door double-deck buses. We continued our work with our local Rail Public Transport Operators (PTOs) - SMRT and SBS Transit - and expanded our services in Electronic Card (e-Card) repairs which included repair work of e-Cards for SMRT’s Bukit-Panjang Light Rail Transit (LRT). Our efforts to expand our rail MRO services overseas also bore fruit when we entered a partnership with a train OEM to offer our e-Card repair services to overseas users in the region. We also signed agreements with rail MRO partners from Australia and Malaysia. The Group's latest defence technologies and capabilities were on display at the Singapore Airshow 2020 / ST ENG I NEER I NG 52