DUBAI: Robots can act as an interface between a doctor and a patient wherein they can carry out diagnostic and treatment processes, reducing the human contact and risk of transmission of infection during the coronavirus pandemic, an expert in the field of Robotics has said. Bartlomiej Stanczyk, Robotics Engineer with ACCREA Engineering in Germany, was speaking during an e-discussion on the the topic- Using Artificial Intelligence to Tackle Epidemics: The COVID-19 Model. The event, organised by the Abu Dhabi-based TRENDS Research & Advisory, brought together leading experts from around the world who deliberated on the importance of artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, and other technologies in the ongoing fight against the COVID-19 that has infected more than 3.8 million people and killed over 260,000 people across the world. Stanczyk said that robots could help doctors keep a safe distance from the patient by using probes and other remote medical equipment. "We aim to build a completely autonomous diagnostician through robotics, thus enabling the transfer of the skill from the human doctor on the machine carrying out the treatment," he said.

Artificial Intelligence, also known as AI, is anticipated to become at least a $65 billion market in the next five years. Currently, it is almost impossible to find an established organisation that is not investing in AI technology. However, it seems like enough attention is not provided to this technology before it is availed to the users. There have been major catastrophes encountered due to the failure of AI, and this has made tech leaders legitimately worried about it. This article is little on the negative side, but necessary.

In a hilarious turn of events last month, a Russian robot named Boris was unmasked as a man in a robot suit. Likewise, state-run media in China unveiled its AI reporter in November, and to this day it's not clear if this is an actual AI system boiling down news stories or just a synthesized voice with an avatar. More fabricated robotic theatrics appeared to be on display this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where LG CTO I.P. Park delivered the opening CES keynote address. Park was accompanied onstage for the hour-long presentation by CLOi, a conceptual robot line perhaps best known for failing during a live demo at CES a year ago. This year, however, CLOi did a bit of everything: The robot acted as co-host, cracked jokes, delivered some LG HomeBrew beer, and even helped some guy who hates blind dates find true love.

Many of us now use small doses of AI in everyday life (like Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa, and everything smart home), but hotels are putting this once-sci-fi technology to more widespread use. From concierge robots to personalized rooms to lively chatbots, your next holiday may include help from some artificially intellectualized friends. While you may miss, say, the smile or handshake you get from their human counterparts, these systems can create hyper-personalized experiences and comprehensively upgrade the level of service during your stay. Keep an eye out for these features at your next check-in. Some hotels are using robots to beef up customer service.

Almost every year at CES, potentially the greatest gathering of visionaries and ideas that push technology forward, one would see a robot walking, rolling or sliding down an aisle. Occasionally, one of these robots would even pop up during a company's presentation, as was in the case of LG's Cloi during this year's show. While these robots are always interesting to look at, they rarely deliver on the promises of their maker -- whether it be a startup or a veteran like LG. Take a look again at Cloi's embarrassing refusal to answer the questions of LG's head of marketing in the U.S., David VanderWaal: LG's Cloi was one among the many robots that graced the CES this year. The most useful among them, as Wilson Rothman noted in The Wall Street Journal, were not the humanoid looking ones.

Before the Consumer Electronics Show opens to all its attendees, there's a press day in which many of the bigger manufacturers put on elaborate productions to show off their new products, announce new partnerships, and give us a glimpse into their future tech. It helps set the tone for the show and really get people fired up to hit the floor and check out some new gadgets. This year, LG was one of the first companies on the press conference schedule, and one of its marquis demos was a Hub Robot that embodies the company's digital home assistant, CLOi--pronounced like the human name, Chloe. Instead of making LG look like the future of technology, however, this robot served as a good reminder of just how far we are from the autonomous robot butlers we've been promised. The CLOi bot has a vaguely humanoid face and the kind of cloying appeal you'd expect from a Pixar character.

If you've ever wanted a robot to do the vacuuming, then the CES tech show has something for you. The Aeolus robot is designed to perform a range of household tasks - including mopping floors, rearranging furniture and putting away dishes. However, like many of the bots showcased in Las Vegas this year, the pressure sometimes got to it. "Aeolus has had enough," tweeted Signe Brewster, a writer at tech site Wirecutter, after observing the bot stall inexplicably during a demo. Aeolus has had ENOUGH pic.twitter.com/GxptFULhiO

Jefferson Graham reports from CES 2018, where this year, with hot new robots from LG and Sony, it looks like robots are poised to finally go mainstream. LAS VEGAS -- When LG, one of the world's largest corporations, brings a home robot to CES and places it smack dab in the middle of its mammoth booth here, you know something is up. So what if the debut of the South Korean giant's CLOi fell flat at a press conference? Early technology can be spotty, especially here where on-stage demos often can go south. Perhaps LG is early--very early, in wanting to bring robots to your homes alongside TVs, appliances and mobile phones.

It's standing room only in a swirly-carpeted room at the conference centre attached to the Mandalay Bay hotel – yes, that one – in Las Vegas. "CES 2017 brought the whoa," appears on screen, followed by a sequence of fast-cut shots of robots, drones and VR headsets. So get ready for more whoa than ever before." If this year's Consumer Electronics Show is anything to go by, it's less "whoa, that's awesome" and more "whoa there, do we really need this?" The annual tech trade show seems less about real innovation breakthroughs solving unmet needs and more about incrementally improved nice-to-haves for the 1%. The technology industry does not appear to have learned from all of the soul-searching it did last year in the wake of the demise of companies like Juicero, which made a $400 internet-connected juice-maker that attracted $120m in funding. The company folded six months after Bloomberg showed that its pre-portioned fruit and veg packets could be squeezed just as effectively by hand.

If there is a single image that sums up what can be expected in consumer technology over the coming year, it appeared barely three hours into the press conference cycle Sunday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas: Steve Koenig, senior director of market research at the Consumer Technology Association, flashed an image on a ballroom screen of a woman in bed with her arms peacefully wrapped around the Somnox (pictured), a robotic pillow designed to breathe with the holder and ensure a restful sleep. The coming year will be about more than just using new tech gadgets. Thanks to advances in artificial intelligence and relentless data gathering, technology has crossed the Rubicon into a world where user interaction will become personal, contextual and intimate. When consumers are not cuddling up with robots, they will be using more devices with AI capabilities for home appliances, TVs, cars and health monitoring. The news from the mammoth CES gathering so far is that digital assistants such as Amazon.com