Benjamin Tee

The writer is vice-president (ecosystem building) at the National University of Singapore (NUS), a professor of materials science and engineering, and a co-founder of four technology startups. His latest spinoff from NUS is focused on advanced packaging technologies for next-generation high-speed photonic links.

While effective robots that mimic human dexterity are just beyond the horizon, their impact on societal and economic structure will likely be far wider.

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