Industry Findings: ASEAN AI automation progress links digital harmonisation with targeted national pilots, producing a pragmatic pathway from small-scale proofs to service-wide rollouts in healthcare, facilities management, and logistics. Our assessment points to stronger regional coordination on standards, talent, and funding that reduces fragmentation risk for cross-border robotics deployments. A concrete non-vendor milestone arrived when the ASEAN Digital Masterplan 2025 and related regional AI governance guidance secured endorsement in Feb-2024, delivering harmonised principles that ease data-flow, safety, and procurement alignment for robotics solutions across member states. These policy moves encourage integrators to design interoperable robots with clear data-handling regimes and regional support models, shortening buyer evaluation cycles for multi-country pilots.
Industry Player Insights: ASEAN Regional momentum is led by LionsBot, OTSAW, dConstruct, and KABAM Robotics etc. Local specialists and scale-stage suppliers are converting pilots into recurring-revenue instalments. Singapore’s National Robotics Programme launched the RoboNexus accelerator in Mar-2025, bringing cohort support and market-access assistance to firms such as LionsBot and dConstruct and accelerating commercial trials. OTSAW secured expanded institutional RaaS engagements in 2025 as healthcare and facilities operators formalised long-term AMR contracts. These vendor developments push regional buyers toward subscription-backed deployment models and vendors that pair local service capability with demonstrable interoperability across ASEAN urban and hospital networks.