Robot Density · 2024
818
▲ 6.2% vs 2023 (770)
#2 Worldwide
AV Fleet Units · est.
2100
#12 Worldwide
Supercomputers · TOP500
7
#16 Worldwide
Automation Score
795.76
Global Rank #2

Robot density: IFR World Robotics 2024 (via Our World in Data), refreshed automatically. Supercomputer count: TOP500 list, June 2026, refreshed automatically — a count of 0 means no system on the current list. AV-fleet figures are modeled estimates pending a live feed.

Singapore Automation Analysis

Singapore's industrial robot density reached 818 robots per 10,000 manufacturing workers in 2024, up from 770 in 2023 — a 6.2% year-over-year increase. That places it #2 of 53 countries we track. Both figures come directly from IFR World Robotics via Our World in Data.

Growth of this kind typically reflects capital investment in automated production lines rather than a shrinking manufacturing workforce — density rises when robot installations outpace employment. Read it alongside the live deployment signals below, which capture the specific installations and contracts driving the trend. On high-performance computing, Singapore has 7 systems on the current TOP500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers.

Note: the autonomous-vehicle fleet figure shown above is a modeled estimate — no authority publishes verified per-country AV fleet counts — and is excluded from the Automation Score, which uses only measured robot density and live signal activity.

Latest Automation Signals in Singapore

Automation, robotics and AI developments detected in Singapore by our Signal Engine, which scans industry press and news feeds hourly. Showing the 8 most recent of 104 tracked for Singapore.

HR/LAYOFFS 2026-11-05
Feature: Singapore's growing robot workforce - Xinhua
DEPLOYMENT 2026-11-03
How Singapore’s Logistics Industry Is Using AI and Automation to Drive Business Growth - Business News This Week
DEPLOYMENT 2026-11-02
YYForce Deploys 11 Commercial Hospitality Robots at Novotel & Mercure Singapore on Stevens - Morningstar
DEPLOYMENT 2026-11-02
YYForce Deploys 11 Commercial Hospitality Robots at Novotel & Mercure Singapore on Stevens - Indovizka.com
DEPLOYMENT 2026-11-02
YYForce Deploys 11 Commercial Hospitality Robots at Novotel & Mercure Singapore on Stevens - aapnews.aap.com.au
DEPLOYMENT 2026-11-01
YYForce Deploys 11 Commercial Hospitality Robots at Novotel & Mercure Singapore on Stevens - wahanariau.com
DEPLOYMENT 2026-11-01
YYForce Deploys 11 Commercial Hospitality Robots at Novotel & Mercure Singapore on Stevens - PR Newswire
HR/LAYOFFS 2026-10-31
Singapore’s next growth chapter: What international businesses should know from Budget 2026 - Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB)
All deployment signals → All financial signals → All hr/layoffs signals → All leadership signals →

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does Singapore rank in automation?

Singapore ranks #2 of 53 countries on the Roboradar24 Automation Score, which anchors to measured IFR robot density and adjusts it by recent automation-signal activity.

How many robots are in Singapore?

Singapore has 818 industrial robots per 10,000 manufacturing employees (2024 data), up from 770 in 2023. Source: IFR World Robotics via Our World in Data.

Is Singapore's data live?

The automation signals on this page are scraped hourly and are genuinely live. Robot density comes from the IFR World Robotics dataset, which is published annually — we re-fetch it automatically so the figure updates as soon as IFR releases new data.

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