🇸🇬 新加坡
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新加坡扩大公共安全机器人计划，涵盖人形与水下机器人
HTX陆地人形机器人与水下机器人双线并进，为亚太公共部门专业化部署树立新标杆
2026年5月2日
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5 min read
新加坡正通过由内政部科技局——即 HTX——主导的新计划，强化其在公共安全机器人领域的地位。该机构正推进一项双轨计划，涵盖陆基人形机器人和一个创新的水下人形平台。
在2026年Milipol TechX峰会上，HTX 展示了 OceanOneK——被描述为全球首款水下人形机器人。OceanOneK 专为传统上由潜水员执行的高难度水下任务而设计，提供遥临场感能力，让操作人员能安全地与复杂水下环境互动。其仿人手臂可执行操作任务——打开物体、打捞物品、检查结构——而这些是传统水下遥控载具（ROV）无法有效完成的。
与此同时，HTX 计划于 2026年9月建立一个人形机器人中心，专注于训练机器人应对高风险的陆基任务，包括危险物品处理和消防。这些正是人形机器人能够降低人员应变风险，且不需要像传统自动化设备那样对环境进行大规模改造的场景。
亚太国家中独树一帜的方式
不同于正在工厂和公共巡逻中快速规模化商业人形机器人的中国，或正在测试人形机器人用于机场劳动力支援的日本，新加坡聚焦于专业化、关键任务的公共部门应用。这些包括海事巡检、紧急应变、危险环境和国内安全。
新加坡的方式反映了其国家优势：强大的公共部门科技生态系统、先进的基础设施、重要的海事战略地位，以及优先考量运营韧性和安全标准的政策文化。新加坡不太可能直接在大众市场人形机器人制造上竞争，而是围绕高价值、专业化的应用进行定位——在这些领域，可靠性和安全性比单位成本更为重要。
为何水下人形机器人举足轻重
OceanOneK 显著扩展了人形机器人的定义。大多数讨论聚焦于在陆地上行走的机器。但水下人形机器人可能极具价值，因为许多水下环境——海上能源基础设施、海洋文化遗址、深海电缆、港口巡检区——对人类潜水员而言危险、昂贵或难以进入。
当任务需要在原本围绕人类潜水员设计的空间中进行类人操作时，人形形态在水下环境中尤为有用。机械臂、立体视觉与遥临场感的结合，为操作人员在复杂环境中提供了更安全、更强大的存在感。
对亚太地区的意义
对于拥有主要港口、海上能源资产、老化海事基础设施和紧急应变需求的亚太国家而言，新加坡的模式提供了一个引人注目的范本。HTX 并非只聚焦于一个应用类别，而是在陆地与海洋两个维度上构建能力——打造出一个可扩展以应对多样化现实需求的广泛公共安全机器人平台。
亚太地区人形机器人的未来很可能是多元化的。中国或许推动生产规模，日本或许验证劳动力支援应用场景，而新加坡或许将在高风险、专业化的公共部门应用中引领潮流。最重要的问题或许不是机器人是否看起来像人——而是它们能否安全地将人类的能力延伸至人类不应涉足的地方。
. The agency is pursuing a dual-track program that covers both land-based humanoid robots and an innovative underwater humanoid platform.
At the Milipol TechX Summit 2026, HTX showcased OceanOneK — described as the world's first underwater humanoid robot. OceanOneK is designed for challenging underwater tasks traditionally performed by divers, offering telepresence capabilities that allow operators to safely interact with complex underwater environments. Its human-like arms enable manipulation tasks — opening objects, recovering items, inspecting structures — that traditional underwater ROVs cannot perform effectively.
In parallel, HTX plans to establish a humanoid robotics centre in September 2026 focused on training robots for high-risk land-based applications including hazardous-material handling and firefighting. These are exactly the environments where humanoid robots can reduce risk to human responders without requiring the same level of environment redesign that traditional automation demands.
A Distinct Approach Among APAC Nations
Unlike China — which is rapidly scaling commercial humanoid robots for factories and public patrol — or Japan — which is testing humanoids for airport labor support — Singapore is focusing on specialized, mission-critical public-sector applications. These include maritime inspection, emergency response, hazardous environments, and domestic security.
Singapore's approach reflects its national strengths: a strong public-sector technology ecosystem, advanced infrastructure, strategic maritime importance, and a policy culture that prioritizes operational resilience and safety standards. The country is unlikely to compete directly in mass-market humanoid manufacturing. Instead, it is positioning around high-value, specialized applications where reliability and safety matter more than unit cost.
Why Underwater Humanoids Matter
OceanOneK expands the definition of humanoid robotics significantly. Most discussions focus on walking machines operating on land. But underwater humanoid robots may become highly valuable because many underwater environments — offshore energy infrastructure, maritime heritage sites, deep-sea cables, port inspection zones — are dangerous, expensive, or inaccessible to human divers.
A humanoid form factor is specifically useful underwater when tasks require human-like manipulation in spaces originally designed around human divers. The combination of robotic arms, stereo vision, and telepresence gives operators a safer, more capable presence in challenging environments.
What It Means for APAC
For Asia-Pacific countries with major ports, offshore energy assets, aging maritime infrastructure, and emergency-response needs, Singapore's model offers a compelling template. Rather than pursuing one application category, HTX is building capabilities across land and sea — creating a broad public-safety robotics platform that can scale to meet diverse real-world demands.
The future of humanoid robotics in Asia-Pacific will likely be diverse. China may push production scale, Japan may validate labor-support use cases, and Singapore may lead in high-risk, specialized public-sector applications. The most important question may not be whether robots look human — it may be whether they can safely extend human ability into places where people should not have to go.