Faith Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:56:59 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Full STEAM ahead for girls /features/item/34346-full-steam-ahead-for-girls /features/item/34346-full-steam-ahead-for-girls

A predominantly female robotics team from TorontoöÏÓãÊÓƵapp St. Oscar Romero Catholic Secondary School is helping to expand the face of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM).

]]> waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Catholic Education Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:08:05 -0400 Vatican pharmacy employs robot /faith/item/30111-vatican-pharmacy-employs-robot /faith/item/30111-vatican-pharmacy-employs-robot

VATICAN CITY -- The 145-year-old Vatican pharmacy has a new hire: a state-of-the-art robot working behind the scenes to manage the stockroom, retrieve medications and deliver the drugs quickly to the sales floor.

]]> Vatican Mon, 26 Aug 2019 11:18:47 -0400 Robotics needs ethical guidelines, speakers say at Vatican meeting /home/international/item/29088-robotics-needs-ethical-guidelines-speakers-say-at-vatican-meeting /home/international/item/29088-robotics-needs-ethical-guidelines-speakers-say-at-vatican-meeting VATICAN – As robotics play an increasingly greater role in today's world, their technological capabilities must not outpace ethical concerns, said a number of speakers at the Pontifical Academy for Life's workshop on "Robo-ethics: Humans, Machines and Health."
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Sun, 03 Mar 2019 16:32:27 -0500 Toronto student robotics team headed to world finals /features/item/27323-toronto-student-robotics-team-headed-to-world-finals /features/item/27323-toronto-student-robotics-team-headed-to-world-finals

Michelle Dubre cried with joy when she heard the news. 

]]> Catholic Education Mon, 07 May 2018 14:18:35 -0400 Killer robots will make war even more inhumane, Vatican official says /home/international/item/27172-killer-robots-will-make-war-even-more-inhumane-vatican-official-says /home/international/item/27172-killer-robots-will-make-war-even-more-inhumane-vatican-official-says VATICAN – Allowing for the development and use of fully automated lethal weapons systems would make warfare even more inhumane and undermine efforts to achieve peace through dialogue, not an arms race, a Vatican representative said.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Thu, 12 Apr 2018 12:29:59 -0400 St. RobertöÏÓãÊÓƵapp takes robotics title /features/catholic-education/item/14250-st-robert%E2%80%99s-takes-robotics-title /features/catholic-education/item/14250-st-robert%E2%80%99s-takes-robotics-title

THORNHILL, ONT. - In their FIRST Robotics Competition debut, the St. RobertöÏÓãÊÓƵapp RetroRams mechanically orchestrated a regional championship while earning the rookie all-star award at the annual competition.  

FIRST Robotics hosts high school regional championships  and invites winners, and select teams, to the world championships, to be held this year in St. Louis.

At the Toronto West Regional competition on the last weekend of March, 52 teams packed the Hershey Centre in Mississauga for a Rebound Rumble showdown where three-team alliances hit the hardwood.

]]> evan.boudreau@catholicregister.org (Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register) Education Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:17:12 -0400