Robotimize, St Luke’s Hospital team up on rehabilitation centre in Singapore

Robotimize Group and St Luke’s Hospital have signed an MOU in Singapore to build a technology-enabled Rehabilitation Centre of Excellence. The partnership aims to move rehabilitation tech beyond pilots and into routine care across community-hospital services.

Why it matters: - The partnership is designed to make rehabilitation technology part of everyday care, not just a short-term pilot. - The MOU brings together a health technology company and one of Singapore’s established community hospitals. - The collaboration could shape how rehabilitation is delivered for older adults and patients recovering from stroke, surgery and falls.

What happened: - Robotimize Group and St Luke’s Hospital signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Singapore. - The signing took place during the MotusAcademy × REHACARE Asia Leadership Forum at Medical Fair Asia 2026. - The forum session was titled “From Pilot to Practice: Closing Asia’s Rehabilitation Technology Adoption Gap.” - Kerry Guo, Founder and CEO of Robotimize Group, said the partnership reflects a desire to build with a hospital that has decades of trust in rehabilitation and elderly care.

The details: - The collaboration is aimed at advancing a technology-enabled Rehabilitation Centre of Excellence. - The partnership is intended to support more intensive and personalised rehabilitation. - The scope includes capability-building, research and technology adoption. - The planned work covers day rehabilitation, gym-based programmes, frailty, neurological conditions and post-acute deconditioning. - The MOU sets a broader, longer-term basis for cooperation across multiple areas of rehabilitation care, rather than centering on one device or one pilot. - The forum was chaired by Zen Koh, Scientific Advisor at Robotimize Group. - Invited speakers included Adjunct A/Prof Loh Yong Joo, Professor Tan Boon Yeow, Dr Hsiao-ju (Rita) Cheng and Ms Goh Shi Min. - The session focused on why rehabilitation technologies often show promise in pilots but fail to become routine, sustainable care. - Zen Koh said technology earns its place when it helps people do what matters to them, and adoption depends on people and systems as much as the device itself. - St Luke’s Hospital is Singapore’s first hospital dedicated to the care of older persons. - St Luke’s Hospital now provides inpatient, outpatient, home care and community-based programmes. - St Luke’s Hospital has specialised areas in rehabilitation, dementia, wound care and palliative care. - St Luke’s Hospital serves more than 7,200 patients and beneficiaries each year. - Robotimize Group is a Singapore-based health technology company focused on intelligent rehabilitation robotics and digital neurotechnologies. - Robotimize’s VivantePlexus™ ecosystem and ACE™ partnerships portfolio support clinician-led rehabilitation, functional training and technology-enabled care pathways. - The company’s product availability, indications and use depend on regulatory approvals and local clinical requirements. - More information is available in the company’s announcement.

Between the lines: - The MOU appears aimed at solving the adoption problem, not just proving that the technology works in a controlled setting. - The forum discussion highlighted a broader lesson for rehabilitation tech: workflow, clinician support, financing, service design and real-world evidence matter as much as hardware. - For Robotimize, the partnership offers a test case for sustainable implementation inside a community hospital setting. - For St Luke’s Hospital, the collaboration adds a structured path to expand technology-enabled rehabilitation within existing care services.

What’s next: - Robotimize and St Luke’s Hospital plan to strengthen the collaboration in the months ahead. - The partnership is expected to focus on how rehabilitation technology can be implemented, used consistently and sustained beyond an initial pilot. - Workforce readiness and capability-building are expected to move alongside any technology introduced under the MOU. - Lessons from one rehabilitation area are expected to inform how the partnership develops in others.

The bottom line: - The MOU is a move to turn rehabilitation technology into standard practice through a hospital partnership built around sustainability, not spectacle.