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  The best Japan Robot, gadget and car expo gallery

  PC World headed on over to Japan for CEATEC. Here’s a quick round-up of some of the cool and odd things we got to see and try. Expect robots. Of all sizes and persuasions!

  The best Japan Robot, gadget and car expo gallery
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  IN PICTURES: SAP Young ICT Explorers Sydney event, Show Floor (+37 photos)

  Students from years three to 12 spent months working on their projects for the NSW leg of the SAP Young ICT Explorers competition 2015. From fully fledged games to help nine-year-olds with long division, to garbage cleaning robots and freshness monitors for sushi, the kids leveraged technology in innovative and exciting ways. The future is indeed bright for the ICT industry.

  IN PICTURES: SAP Young ICT Explorers Sydney event, Show Floor (+37 photos)
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  In Pictures: Robots that cook, clean, sing and dance

  Cooking, learning language and doing the laundry are a few of the human skills demonstrated by.real humanoid bots featured in the National Geographic movie Robots.

  In Pictures: Robots that cook, clean, sing and dance
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  In Pictures: Inside Telstra's new hi-tech Customer Insights Centre

  Telstra has opened its Customer Insights Centre (CIC) in Sydney, giving enterprise and business customers access to a world class technology precinct, purpose-built to foster innovation and partnerships. Spanning 3600sqm over the entire second level of Telstra’s 400 George Street office in Sydney’s CBD, it houses a 300-person auditorium, workshop and collaboration spaces, partner pop-up installations, a restaurant, and many hands-on technology demonstration areas featuring state of the art business solutions.

  In Pictures: Inside Telstra's new hi-tech Customer Insights Centre
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  In Pictures: Get your resume past the robots - How to beat HR's mechanical gatekeepers

  You have two options when it comes to beating the automated systems that filter resumes: you can go through them, or you can go around them.

  In Pictures: Get your resume past the robots - How to beat HR's mechanical gatekeepers
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  IN PICTURES: Latest robotic and 3D printing technology on show

  More than 300 companies have come together for National Manufacturing Week at the Sydney Showground to showcase the latest in manufacturing, plastics and technologies. Companies, including Stratasys, 3D Systems, Thinglab, Panasonic and Lincoln unveiled next-generation 3D printing and robotics technologies. Australia's chief scientist, Ian Chubb, opened the conference.

  IN PICTURES: Latest robotic and 3D printing technology on show

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News about robots

• Packing safety intelligence into robots’ AI brains

  We’re finding that smart robots don’t necessarily have the common sense needed to keep human beings out of harm’s way

• AI to become next Australian Prime Minister?

  Research shows some Australians believe AI would make better decisions than elected government representatives

• Synnex strikes robot distribution deal in Aussie STEM push

  The new agreement sees both Synnex and UBTECH aim for the local education market

• Roborace: When software engineers are the heroes

  Robot car racing will be an e-sport with a difference as software engineers compete to design the best driving algorithm, then let it loose on ...

• Vespa's maker creates a robot butler

  Now you can have your cake and have it carried for you, too

• New details emerge about Intel's super-small Euclid computer for robots

  Intel's Euclid computer for robots operates on a battery, has an HDMI port, 3D RealSense camera, Atom processor, and a range wireless sensors

Features about robots

• The best Japan Robot, gadget and car expo gallery

  CAETEC throws up some of Japan's weirdest wares.

• Are robots really going to steal your job?

  It's a common theme of science fiction, robots rise up and take over earth, leaving humans as subservient slaves to their emotionless computer chip brains. ...

• Sony's 10 greatest tech flops

  Sony has had many successes, but not everything hits it big. Here are some products that didn't quite make it.

• The 10 best hacks of 2010 (so far)

  Want another holiday to celebrate? Geek Tech presents 10 great hacks from the last 5 months for Geek Pride Day, May 25

• Robots improve safety, efficiency at Thai hospital

  Despite a hefty price tag, the hospital views robots as essential in helping reducing human errors