U.A.E e& capital invests $5 million in Maxbyte’s Series A round UAE-based robotics solutions provider Maxbyte has raised a $5 million Series A from e& capital. Founded in 2016 by... News • 22 August, 2023 e& capital Maxbyte robotics
Regional Do robots create or destroy jobs? Eugene Kovalenko is the chief commercial officer of Rozum Robotics, the company behind the first robot cafe in the UAE. When it... Thought Leadership • 03 October, 2021 robotics
Global Can artificial intelligence eradicate death? Ben Goertzel is one of the most prominent artificial intelligence (AI) architects in the world. He is the founder of SingularityNET and the... Triska Hamid • 08 September, 2019 Artificial intelligence AI robot
U.A.E From rubbish to robot When Abdus Samad was a child, he would prise open electrical items at home to see the components inside and then put them back together. It... Triska Hamid • 20 November, 2018 robots robotics DIY
Tunisia For every human need comes a robot Robots may not rule the world (anytime soon) but they are gradually excelling at a number of human tasks such as helping human resources... Reine Farhat • 11 October, 2018 robots robotics AI
U.A.E Robots can help socialize autistic children and UAE’s Atlab is a practical example Robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) are both revolutionizing all industries, and healthcare has been at the core of their activities.... Rana Freifer • 07 June, 2018 Autism robotics Atlab
Global Today’s toys, tomorrow’s school books The hundreds of toys kids used to receive on their special occasions (many of which remain unused) might get replaced one day with... Reine Farhat • 21 January, 2018 robotics Education online education
Lebanon The MENA embraces more healthtech advancements The global healthcare expenditure will be growing from $7.7 trillion in 2013 to $9.6 trillion in 2018. Digital transformation is... Rana Freifer • 08 November, 2017 lebanon robotics SASHA
Global Robotics are set to revolutionise hospitality and guest servicing On Thursday March 10, 2016 the special guest at the ITB Berlin Hospitality Day, one of the world’s leading travel trade shows, was... Rana Freifer • 17 October, 2017 robotics hospitality Marriott TestBED MEA
Regional AI is taking roots in the MENA Even though Artificial Intelligence (AI) is developing at a blistering pace, outside academia and engineering, it remains a bit of a... Tarek Faycal • 30 August, 2017 AI Investment Technology
Regional New startups on the block: August Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to... Reine Farhat • 03 August, 2017 Startup List startups ecommerce
Global Startup Watch: Naughty Google, ATM anniversary and the joy of saying 'no' The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Lucy Knight • 29 June, 2017 Startup Watch Google Facebook
Egypt California calls for 8 ROV robot winners Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) skimmed underneath the surface of a swimming pool, surrounded by students with joysticks and controllers... Eduard Cousin • 12 April, 2017 ROV Arab Competition remotely operated vehicles Aquaphoton
Lebanon How to organise a robotics competition On a drizzly Sunday afternoon in a Beirut sports hall, 18 teams of students competed for the title of ‘best self-driving... Lucy Knight • 14 February, 2017 AUB robotics club self-driving car aub
Global Startup Watch: the real robot danger The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Rachel Williamson • 19 January, 2017 Startup Watch robotics Women
Tunisia Tunisia startup makes robots, not human substitutes When Anis Sahbani left his job as a university lecturer in France to start a robot-making startup in Tunisia, half of his friends thought... Lilia Blaise • 23 January, 2017 Enova Robotics profile robotics
Lebanon Beirut’s southern suburbs home to robotics education Electronics and hardware education is gaining traction across Lebanon as maker schools and workshops are popping up across the... Maysaa Ajjan • 07 December, 2016 Kalimat lebanon robotics
Regional AUB Robotics Club presents Engineering Design Challenge 2.0: Drive Smarter The AUB Robotics Club's Engineering Design Challenge (EDC) is a regional university-level engineering competition, launched... Wamda • 11 October, 2016 robotics aub driverless cars
Regional Sparks fly when girls meet tech [WamdaTV] It’s not up to young women to be interested in technology, but up to their teachers to find ways to make the subject appealing to... Rachel Williamson • 13 September, 2016 STEM junkbot Eureka Tech Academy
U.A.E A fractal view of event technology Fractal Systems is a Dubai based company loading up exhibitions, airports, and event venues with samplings of holograms, drones, sliding... Archana Menon • 18 September, 2016 MEMakersGE fractel robotics
Lebanon Lebanon's droid-maker: Innovo breaks into hi-tech manufacturing [Wamda TV] Innovo is one of the few independent precision manufacturing workshops in the region - this means robots, high tech circuit boards, and 3D... Rachel Williamson • 23 August, 2016 Innovo lebanon robotics
Regional Meet the makers: GE Garages and the future of industrial entrepreneurship As the MENA region grapples with non-hydrocarbon diversification in the aftermath of the oil price shock, a slew of strategic announcements... Vanessa Khalil • 03 July, 2016 MEMakersGE GEMS robotics
Regional What I know about investing in robotics: Jose Berengueres To obtain his PhD in bio-inspired robotics at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Dr. Jose Berengueres studied the movement of a gecko in... Archana Menon • 20 June, 2016 Adasi pal robotics robotics
U.A.E GITEX Technology Week 2016 This year's GITEX Technology Week aims to be bigger than ever, bringing designers, developers, entrepreneurs, manufacturers, and... Wamda • 06 October, 2016 Icities Smart wearables 400 startups