Home Team uses NVIDIA’s latest AI chips to supercharge public safety robots

Singapore's Home Team has begun utilizing Nvidia's latest artificial intelligence chip to enhance the capabilities of its public safety robots. The Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX) is the first organization in Singapore to adopt Nvidia's newest GB300 chip, which entered the commercial market in mid-2026. This new chip is twice as fast as its predecessor GB200 when it comes to AI deep thinking, making it significantly more efficient at handling text, images, and code.

HTX's Chief AI Officer, Ang Chee Wee, revealed that the deployment of these powerful GB300 chips will enable the training of more advanced AI models, including multimodal AI and embodied AI. Multimodal AI is capable of processing data from various sources, such as text, images, and audio, while embodied AI focuses on controlling robots.

Ang emphasized that the secure, sovereign AI infrastructure ensures that both code and data remain within the organization's control. With these new tools, HTX aims to improve public safety by delegating dull, dirty, and dangerous tasks to AI robots, such as handling hazardous materials and firefighting. The Home Team has already employed AI in various areas, including facial recognition for immigration clearance and drafting police reports.

AI has reportedly saved the organization around a million man-hours annually, with this figure expected to increase in 2027. HTX is also set to establish the Home Team Humanoid Robotics Centre (H2RC) with a $100 million investment to further its research in embodied AI and humanoid robotics. Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information, Tan Kiat How, highlighted the importance of embodied AI for Singapore due to its limited land, labor, and energy resources.

He also noted that the next phase of AI will transform the interaction between intelligence and the physical world, opening up new opportunities for the country.