The entrepreneur Roya Mahboob is building off-line apps, underground networks and a global robotics team to educate Afghan girls unable to attend school.
Tag: Robots and Robotics
China’s Security State Sells an A.I. Dream
China’s new national drive to embrace artificial intelligence is also giving the authorities new ways to monitor and control its citizens.
A Tech Expo Shows What China Can Make, but Not Who’ll Buy It All
The vast Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou stood as a rebuke to U.S. efforts to hem in China’s technology. But the real competition is internal, and profits are hard to find.
There Are More Robots Working in China Than the Rest of the World Combined
China has embarked on a campaign to use more robots in its factories, transforming its manufacturing industries and becoming the dominant maker.
At China’s Humanoid Robot Games, Athletes Fell Down a Lot
The Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing — featuring running, kickboxing and soccer — highlighted advancements in robotics. Limitations, too.
Not Only for Killing: Drones Are Now Detecting Land Mines in Ukraine
Ukraine is a beta test for embedding artificial intelligence and other new technologies in drones and robots to find deadly land mines, saving lives and allowing military forces to advance more quickly.
Robot Captures Pictures of the Dotson Ice Shelf in Antarctica
The new images of the melting underside of an ice shelf could help scientists better forecast how the continent is contributing to rising sea levels.
Energy Companies Turn to Robots to Install Solar Panels
Energy companies say a labor shortage is one big obstacle to installing more solar power. They’re turning to machines to speed things up.
In Ukraine War, A.I. Begins Ushering In an Age of Killer Robots
Driven by the war with Russia, many Ukrainian companies are working on a major leap forward in the weaponization of consumer technology.
Robots Get a Fleshy Face (and a Smile) in New Research
Researchers at the University of Tokyo published findings on a method of attaching artificial skin to robot faces to protect machinery and mimic human expressiveness.