Students attend skill enhancement programme
SEBUYAU: About 140 students from Sebuyau constituency recently participated in a Robotics Programming Technology Skill Enhancement programme for B40 students. The programme, organised by Yayasan Bank Rakyat in collaboration with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) aims at helping students to develop logical and systematic thinking in planning and implementing projects. A total of 25 teachers and […]
Mukah’s SMK St Patrick students to represent Sarawak in robotics contest
MUKAH: Six students from SMK St Patrick here aced the Robotics and Coding (RAC) Competition, and earned the chance to represent Sarawak at the national level contest in September. They are Owen Davian Sham, Norshafira Madian, Carl Hansen, Amanda Adreanna Mary Rose, Saleisha Rivera Simon, and Gabriel Kamlok Alban Romeo. 11 SPS students participated in […]
Time to get into digital economy
BY WARTAWAN PORTAL KUCHING: Malaysia is moving towards a digital economy where most industries are using artificial intelligence (AI), drones, robotics and others. Perhaps, some jobs such as accounting, banking and warehousing, will no longer require full manpower in the future. Hence, the younger generations are strongly advised to acquire digital technology skills and knowledge. […]
Using robotic tech soon
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Mosti) will embark on a pilot programme to use of robotic technology in various sectors to replace human labour, hence reducing the country’s dependence on foreign workers. Minister Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar said the privately-developed programme would be implemented first in the manufacturing sector soon. He […]
MTDC introduces robotics, other technologies to assist SMEs
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Technology Development Corporation (MTDC) is introducing robotics, autonomous robotics, 3D printing and drone technologies as production solutions to support the local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Chief executive officer Datuk Norhalim Yunus said MTDC was currently running programmes on behalf of the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry (Mosti) […]
School team wins world championship
KUCHING: SMK Jalan Arang here sent two teams to participate in the MakeX Robotics World Championship 2019 in Guangzhou, China from November 28 to December 1. Sarawak Blue Team, represented by Joel Kwoh Lik Xun and Hii Tuong Jing, emerged champion in the MakeX Starter: City Guardian category. It managed to complete the mission with […]
