Govt focusing on tech skills for those aged 18 to 40, says Chang
IPOH: The government is currently focusing on developing technology skills among those aged 18 to 40, with no specific programmes yet in place to expose younger children to artificial intelligence, robotics and other emerging technologies, says Datuk Chang Lih Kang.
China’s robots know kung fu and can scale walls. Can they woo investors?
Unitree Robotics wants to raise about US$900mil (RM3.68bil) in an IPO that tests market interest in humanoid robots, a technology that wows but has yet to prove its viability.
Training the UK 'surgeons of the future' using robots
Pulling his face away from an immersive 3D headset looking deep inside a patient's lung, doctor Sasha Stamenkovic recounted the final steps of an operation using robots to remove a tumour.
Report: China has six of world’s 10 most innovative humanoid robot start-ups
The LexisNexis study identified a 'clear shift towards China' in the humanoid robot race, with the US falling behind
Some robotaxis in the US approved to operate without steering wheels and losing the brake pedal could be next
Federal regulators in the US are clearing the way for robotaxis to operate without manual controls like steering wheels or eventually even brake pedals as the rules start to catch up to the evolving technology.
Google unveils Gemini AI for robots struggling with dexterity
Alphabet Inc's Google DeepMind unveiled a new artificial intelligence model for robots that allows humanoid machines to coordinate movements across their entire bodies, marking its latest effort to extend its Gemini AI technology to allow robots to reason, plan multi-step tasks and adapt to human environments.
US government bans humanoid robots manufactured abroad
US President Donald Trump's administration on July 28 added humanoid and quadruped robots to a list of products and companies that are banned from being imported into the United States on national security grounds.
Sally the robot was coming to a New York school. Then the plug was pulled
Students helped design the AI-powered creation as a young female with dark hair and an upbeat personality. Then came the outrage.
London Gatwick opens UK’s first robotic airport parking service
London Gatwick has become the first UK airport to offer a new robotic parking service.
Chinese robot makers’ lament: if we only had a better ‘brain’, and more data
Experts at WAIC discuss the bottlenecks preventing embodied AI from improving robots' real-world interactions
