SUPCON Technology and Certis Group have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to accelerate the validation, deployment and operational integration of robotics across security and public-facing service environments. The two companies announced the deal in Singapore on August 12, 2026.
Two very different playbooks
SUPCON, the Shanghai-listed industrial automation and AI supplier headquartered in Hangzhou, brings its industrial robotics, control-system and physical AI stack. Certis — a Temasek-owned integrated security services group with more than 60 years of frontline experience — brings customer environments, its 24/7 Integrated Operations Centre and years of M3 (Man, Machine, Method) operational data.
Beyond pilot robots
The pair said their focus is moving robots “beyond stand-alone trials” into connected workflows that support frontline officers. Joint deployments will target intelligent patrols, visitor and personnel guidance, anomaly alerts, on-site support, remote collaboration, and facility or precinct management. Certis will feed operational requirements and field data back to SUPCON to refine robot behaviours, integration and scenario adaptability.
Singapore as a robotics testbed
The alliance underscores Singapore's role as a launchpad for security-focused humanoid and mobile robotics. The city-state already hosted Certis' earlier deal with IntBot to scale humanoid robots, and it sits at the heart of the region's open-platform robotics push Nexcom and ITRI showcased at Automation Taipei days later.
Industrial AI meets integrated services
For SUPCON, the tie-up broadens its international robotics footprint at a time when Chinese vendors are under regulatory pressure elsewhere; the FCC Covered List additions earlier this month put a spotlight on Chinese humanoid and quadruped systems in the US. For Certis, the partnership hard-wires a proven industrial AI supplier into its precinct and facility-management contracts.
Reporting based on coverage from PR Newswire, Yahoo Finance and Bastille Post.