The United Nations Conference Shows Robots To Discuss Potential Achieve Sustainable Development Goals

Robots are of concern at the UN conference in Switzerland. (photo: dock. pexels)

JAKARTA - Dozens of robots, including some humanoid robots, will be the center of attention at a conference organized by the UN technology agency in Switzerland this week. The conference was held to show their potential in achieving a series of increasingly difficult global goals.

Stipulated in 2015, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals/SDGs consisting of 17 destinations is expected to improve human and planet life by 2030, but is now considered a difficult goal to achieve.

Among the stars in the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) event are robots with maintenance capabilities such as 'Nadine', social robots that simulate emotions and'remember' people - abilities that have been used with residents of nursing homes.

The two-day event will end with a robotic panel that will answer questions from journalists on Friday at the world's first human-robot press conference.

"The idea is to show their capabilities, opportunities, and challenges to start a global dialogue about robotics for good," said Frederic Werner, Head of Strategic Involvement at the Telecommunications Standardization Bureau, ahead of the 'AI for Good' event in Geneva which is expected to be attended by up to 5,000 people.

According to him, robots may develop in the next five years in the same way as the generating artificial intelligence (AI) behind bots like ChatGPT from OpenAI, which is popular this year.

"There is an inflection point where material science, battery power, network connectivity, artificial intelligence, and machine learning will all converge to make robotics more accessible than now," he said.

The United Nations agency is currently using artificial intelligence such as the HungerMap project from the World Food Program that collects data to identify areas that slip into starvation. They are also developing remotely controlled trucks to deliver emergency aid in the danger zone.

The World Health Organization is working on a comparison system to ensure the accuracy of disease diagnosis using artificial intelligence.

"SDG, you could say unfortunately, failed and I believe artificial intelligence can help save it before it's too late," saidola Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of the IT, ahead of the conference on July 6-7.

It amassed 193 countries and more than 900 organizations including universities and companies such as Huawei Technologies and Google. It regulates global radio spectrum and satellite orbits as well as is involved in setting artificial intelligence standards.