robots
‘Kawaii!’ Olympic robot mascots thrill Tokyo students
Science
November 18, 2019
‘Kawaii!’ Olympic robot mascots thrill Tokyo students
Robot versions of Japan’s Olympic and Paralympic mascots thrilled hundreds of school children in Tokyo on Monday, striking sporting poses…
Japan roboticists predict rise of the machines
Science
September 23, 2019
Japan roboticists predict rise of the machines
Set in 2019, cult 80s movie “Blade Runner” envisaged a neon-stained landscape of bionic “replicants” genetically engineered to look just…
Egypt to establish Middle East’s first marine research and technology center
Egypt
July 17, 2019
Egypt to establish Middle East’s first marine research and technology center
Egypt announced the establishment of a marine research and technology center specializing in marine industrial robotics, the first of its…
Robo-journalism gains traction in shifting media landscape
Technology
March 10, 2019
Robo-journalism gains traction in shifting media landscape
A text-generating “bot” nicknamed Tobi produced nearly 40,000 news stories about the results of the November 2018 elections in Switzerland…
Amazon’s ‘collaborative’ robots offer peek into the future
Technology
February 20, 2019
Amazon’s ‘collaborative’ robots offer peek into the future
Hundreds of orange robots zoom and whiz back and forth like miniature bumper cars — but instead of colliding, they’re…
German firm’s 7 commandments for ethical AI
Science
September 19, 2018
German firm’s 7 commandments for ethical AI
German business software giant SAP published Tuesday an ethics code to govern its research into artificial intelligence (AI), aiming…
Machines will do more tasks than humans by 2025: WEF
Technology
September 17, 2018
Machines will do more tasks than humans by 2025: WEF
Robots will handle 52 percent of current work tasks by 2025, almost twice as many as now, a World…
‘Killer Robots’ film warns of perils of automation
Culture
September 8, 2018
‘Killer Robots’ film warns of perils of automation
Automation is killing us, warns filmmaker Maxim Pozdorovkin in his new documentary “The Truth About Killer Robots,” which premieres…
Robot teachers invade Chinese kindergartens
Technology
August 29, 2018
Robot teachers invade Chinese kindergartens
The Chinese kindergarten children giggled as they worked to solve puzzles assigned by their new teaching assistant: a roundish,…
Beijing to build $2 billion AI research park: Xinhua
World
January 3, 2018
Beijing to build $2 billion AI research park: Xinhua
Beijing authorities will build a 13.8 billion yuan ($2.12 billion) artificial intelligence development project in the city’s west, the official…