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2016 UAE Drones for Good Award and UAE AI & Robotics Award for Good

HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, honoured the winners of the second UAE Drones for Good Award and the first UAE AI (Artificial Intelligence) & Robotics Award for Good, at a three-day competition event at Dubai Internet City in February 2016.

“These awards represent the UAE’s message of peace to the world,” said HH Sheikh Mohammed.

The UAE AI & Robotics Award for Good received over 660 submissions from 121 countries.

HH Sheikh Mohammed with top dignitaries and international experts.

The UAE Drones for Good Award received more than 1,000 projects from 165 countries.

The UAE Drones for Good Award National Competition winner: Buildrone’s construction and repair aerial robot detects damages and carries out repair tasks in hard-to-access environments.

The UAE Drones for Good Award International Competition winner: Loon Copter’s multi-rotor platform is capable of aerial flight, on-water surface operations as well as diving.

An AI (Artificial Intelligence) and Robotics Award for Good concurrently was won by the Al Murshid Al Thaki (Arabic for ‘Smart Guidance System for the Blind’) robot and by the UC Berkeley Suit-X, an exoskeleton system designed to improve the physiological gait development of children.

An AI (Artificial Intelligence) and Robotics Award for Good concurrently was won by the Al Murshid Al Thaki (Arabic for ‘Smart Guidance System for the Blind’) robot and by the UC Berkeley Suit-X, an exoskeleton system designed to improve the physiological gait development of children.

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