DOCENT ON DUTY

One of the best ways to enhance your museum experience is through a docent tour. As part of its ongoing bid to become a smart museum, the National Gallery Singapore piloted its first autonomous robot guide, Temi, in September last year. Developed by a Us‑based startup of the same name and helmed by Israeli robotics expert Yossi Wolf, the one‑metre‑tall robot offers visitors a 20‑minute on‑demand physically guided audio tour of a series of four artworks on people and portraits at the DBS Singapore Gallery 1.