
UniSZA graduates might soon be able to attend their convocation ceremony remotely via livestreaming and receive their scrolls with the help of a robot. — Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin Facebook
Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) in Terengganu announced that it is ready to hold a virtual convocation ceremony where robots will be programmed to receive scrolls on behalf of graduates who will be tuning in via livestreaming.
The university released a simulation video on May 29 to showcase how its locally-developed robots Naseem and Seeba can be used to represent graduates to accept their scrolls from vice chancellor Professor Datuk Dr Hassan Basri Awang Mat Dahan.
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