SEONGNAM, South Korea, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Hyundai Museum of Kids’ Books & Art (MOKA) is offering a special exhibit, themed Pictures and Books, for visiting children by having a moving robot follow them around to share information on different artworks in the museum. The robot, entitled “Docent Momo,” was specially developed for [...]
GUNPO, South Korea, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The chairman of a South Korean robotics company, which recently grabbed media attention by building a giant manned robot, said Wednesday the company aims to unveil a shape-shifting “Transformers-style” electric vehicle next year. Yang Jin-ho, the 45-year-old chairman of Hankook Mirae Technology, said his childhood dream of [...]
GOYANG, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The RoboUniverse Conference & Expo 2016 opened Wednesday at KINTEX (Korea International Exhibition Center) in Goyang, marking its second anniversary. RoboUniverse is an international convention organized by Rising Media, a global event producer of Internet and technology-related affairs. This year, however, RoboUniverse is also showing off robot technology based on [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom’s secret project has finally been revealed. The Korean telecommunications giant worked with Guy Hoffman from Cornell University, a world-renowned robot scholar, to develop an AI smart home robot called Vyo. The project was made public via an international academic journal published by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently published a report that identified South Korea as having the lowest percentage of jobs at risk of being replaced by robots. The report ‘The Risk of Automation for Jobs in OECD Countries’, released by the OECD on May 30, used the database [...]
SEONGNAM, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – With machines running up a series of victories against their human competitors, it almost seems like they’re capable of beating humans in every aspect of life. But could they trounce us even when it comes to emotions? A special piano competition between man and machine took place Monday at [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Iron Man’s famous suit is maybe not as fictitious as it seems. Hyundai Motor Group has released photos of a wearable robot that could be used in various areas including industrial facilities and as part of national defense efforts. The robot, which can be worn by simply buckling into [...]
The Korean government has announced plans to develop original technology to realize law or tax consultations and even simultaneous interpretation through artificial intelligence (AI). (Image : Shutterstock) SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean government has announced plans to develop original technology to realize law or tax consultations and even simultaneous interpretation through artificial [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – In an era when artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced to a level so high that it can beat a human in a ‘Go’ match, it was revealed that men think even love can be replaced with AI, while women remain skeptical. Matchmaking agency Duo announced the results of a survey [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – An experiment has been conducted to see if readers could discern the difference between articles written by robots and humans. In the study, participants were shown five articles written by robots about a baseball game. The results revealed that only 46 percent of the respondents could tell that they [...]