Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 7th July. International Telecommunication Union on Thursday opened UN-driven AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva where it invited 50 robots to take part amongs are Ameca, Grace, and Sophia, according to a press release issued in New York.
ITU said as artificial intelligence sprouts new, powerful learning abilities, nations are working on strategies to govern it.
The summit is to showcase new technologies, including a range of robots who can handle everything from healthcare to rock music, ITU stated.
The agency said prospering from a machine-assisted future is part of the challenge, as governments and industry leaders recognize the need to reach out to each other more than ever before as they look for the common blueprint for humanity.
It aimed to connect visionaries with UN organizations and investors focused on sustainable development.
The summit provides an unprecedented chance to empower these cutting-edge innovators to tackle global challenges, including the 17 SDGs set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
ITU Secretary General Doreen Bogdan-Martin said “We have to engage and ensure a responsible future with AI,”
Global Summit’s guestlist features 51 innovative robots, including nine humanoid robots, equipped to help people with functions in line with the SDGs.
According to ITU, robots like Grace can support people’s health and well-being, provide high-quality educational services, reduce inequalities by helping persons with disabilities, reduce waste, help build resilient infrastructure, and broadly enhance social good.
The media reports said the world’s most advanced humanoid healthcare robot, Grace, can recognize emotions, showed perpetual empathy, and understands over 100 languages.
ITU said first to develop in partnership with Hanson Robotics and SingularityNET, Grace is “the world’s foremost nursing assistant robot”, made to provide support and care for the elderly. But, she can be used as nursing support in any healthcare or home setting.
Sophia is the first robot Innovation Ambassador for the UNDP. Built by Hanson Robotics, she personifies dreams for the future of AI, ITU said.
The agency said as a unique combination of science, engineering, and artistry, Sophia is simultaneously a human-crafted science fiction character depicting the future of AI and robotics, and a platform for advanced robotics and AI research.
She is quite famous and has appeared on such popular television programmes as the Tonight Show and Good Morning Britain.
She has spoken at hundreds of conferences around the world, at the UN New York.
ITU stressed that Ameca, developed by Engineered Arts, represents an ideal platform to explore how machines can live with, collaborate, and enrich humanity in tomorrow’s sustainable communities.
Integrating both AI and AB (artificial body) for advanced, iterative technologies that deliver superior motion and gestures, Ameca has a human form and robotic visage designed to make it a non-threatening, gender-neutral presence.
ITU said assisting assistive robots are transforming human lives in multiple ways. Using machine learning and AI, these robots offer support in mobility, communication, self-care, and other essential daily tasks, giving people who need it renewed confidence and autonomy.
Some robots are designed to tackle broader social and environmental challenges.
In the face of rising climate risks and other disasters, specialized disaster-assistance robots are revolutionizing emergency response.
Others are transforming food preparation to ensure health and sustainability while avoiding food waste, ITU added.
According to ITU, global population growth, robots could also become key allies for humanity in addressing long-term development challenges.
The agency said efficient construction robots, for instance, could pave the way to providing sustainable and affordable housing for everyone. Robots focused on transforming urban logistics and transportation, meanwhile, could lay the groundwork for greener, safer, and more inclusive living in the megacities of the future.
Other robots at the Global Summit include: Nadine, one of the world’s most realistic humanoid social robots, created by the University of Geneva; Geminoid, an ultra-realistic humanoid robot by Hiroshi Ishiguro from Japan; and 4NE-1, among the world’s most advanced cognitive humanoid robots, designed by Neura Robotics to collaborate with humans.
ITU concluded with the AI cultural side, Ai-Da Robot, the first ultra-realistic robot artist, designed by Aidan Meller, and Desdemona, the “rockstar” robot of the Jam Galaxy Band, are also expected to make appearances at the Summit.
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