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Public high school students, nagtagisan sa DOST robotics competition

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 12:13 AM

Bahagi ito ng tagisang robotics ng DOST Science Education Institute. Read more »

Higit 70 robot lumahok sa 1st national robotics competition sa Laguna

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 12:38 AM

Mga robot na nagbo-bowling, lumulusot sa obstacle course, at tila nagre-wrestling ang ilan sa lumahok sa first national robotics competition sa lungsod ng Santa Rosa. Read more »

Amazon, Microsoft, may be putting world at risk of killer AI, says report

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 22 07:21 AM

Dutch NGO Pax ranked 50 companies by three criteria: whether they were developing technology that could be relevant to killer robots, whether they were working on related military projects, and if they had committed to abstaining from contributing in the future. Read more »

Robots’ ways rub off on humans: Inside an Amazon warehouse

Noam Scheiber, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 05 09:13 AM

A New York Times correspondent discovers how artificial intelligence and humans work together in one of the online retail behemoth's facilities. Read more »

Schools urged to improve automation curriculum

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 27 04:18 PM

Schools need to keep up with technological advances in automation so they can produce graduates that can readily be absorbed by businesses, an industry group said Thursday.    Read more »

5G future on display with robots, AI at China tech fair

Joel Guinto, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 26 12:13 PM

The biggest exhibitors include Huawei, the world’s largest manufacturer of telecom infrastructure and number two smartphone maker that was blacklisted by Washington, compatriots Vivo and Oppo, chipmaker Qualcomm and carriers China Telecom and China Unicom. Read more »

Robots to take 20 million jobs, worsening inequality: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 26 05:48 AM

WASHINGTON, United States—Robots are expected to take over some 20 million manufacturing jobs worldwide by 2030, extending a trend of worsening social inequality while boosting overall economic output, a new study shows.   Read more »

Bezos says robot hands ready for commercial use in next 10 years

Jeffrey Dastin, Reuters
Posted at Jun 07 08:00 AM

The Amazon CEO underscored how companies and university researchers are rapidly developing technology to perform human tasks, whether for elder care in the home or for the picking and stowing of goods in retail warehouses. Read more »

Robots won’t replace humans, just take over boring tasks, says distributor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 01:29 AM

Robots are not meant to replace humans, but to help them in their work, said the CEO of a company that distributes intelligent humanoid robots in the country.  Read more »

Robot, tulong sa mga may kapansanan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 01:20 AM

Magandang balita para sa mga may problema sa pagkilos tulad ng mga na-stroke o mga naaksidente. Read more »

Toymaker uses discarded flip-flops to make Voltes V, robot toys

Rick Olivares
Posted at Mar 27 05:48 AM

“Wala akong mga laruan nung bata ako so natuto ako gumawa ng sarili ko,” related toymaker Elmer Padilla, who hails from Imus, Cavite.    Read more »

Huawei, foldable phones and fast 5G

Adam Satariano and Edu Bayer, The New York Times
Updated as of Feb 28 05:40 PM

The Trump administration sent a delegation to Spain this week to make its case against the Chinese technology company Huawei at one of the world’s biggest tech trade shows. Read more »

FedEx to test 'SameDay Bot' for local deliveries

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 28 08:48 AM

FedEx said its robotic delivery carts, reminiscent of a large canister with wheels, would be tried out in its home city of Memphis, Tennessee later this year, provided it gets final approval from officials there. Read more »

US, China take the lead in race for artificial intelligence: UN

Reuters
Posted at Jan 31 05:42 PM

China and the United States are ahead of the global competition to dominate artificial intelligence (AI), according to a study by the UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published on Thursday. Read more »

At Alibaba's futuristic hotel, robots deliver towels and mix cocktails

Cate Cadell, Reuters
Posted at Jan 23 08:04 AM

The robots are part of a suite of high-tech tools that Alibaba says drastically cuts the hotel's cost of human labor and eliminates the need for guests to interact with other people. Read more »

Red Cross sounds alarm over use of 'killer robots' in future wars

Nita Bhalla, Reuters
Posted at Jan 22 01:55 PM

Countries must agree strict rules on "killer robots" - autonomous weapons which can assassinate without human involvement, a top Red Cross official has said, amid growing ethical concerns over their use in future wars. Read more »

Breadmaking robot startup eyes fresh connections

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 07 04:11 PM

Wilkinson Baking Company unveiled its BreadBot at the Consumer Electronics Show, a machine that mixes and bakes up to 235 loaves a day. Read more »

Smells like tin spirit: a brief history of the highly collectible tin robots

Iñigo S. Roces
Posted at Dec 06 06:58 AM

While the future of robots as autonomous servants to man would prove to be centuries in the making, their potential as forms of amusement were realized much sooner Read more »

Increasingly human-like robots spark fascination and fear

Clara Wright, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 06 11:51 PM

MADRID- Sporting a trendy brown bob, a humanoid robot named Erica chats with a man in front of stunned audience members at an international conference here.  Read more »

Philippines' 'slow' automation shift may lead to job, investment losses: analyst

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 04:26 PM

The Philippines is "a bit behind" its regional peers in terms of data science and digitalization, Asian Institute of Management Senior Data Scientist Christian Alis told ABS-CBN News. Read more »