At the Saudi Digital Exhibition, where Sarah, the first robot made by Saudis, welcomed visitors during the activities of the “Leap 0232” international technical conference, whose work was launched today, at the Riyadh interface for exhibitions and conferences, under the title “Towards new horizons,” and will continue until tomorrow.
As reported by Al-Rai daily, the robot was developed through a collaboration between Saudi Digital and Qass and is capable of communicating and interacting with all visitors, performing all popular dances, and answering visitors' questions.
Sarah introduces herself, saying, "I am the first Saudi robot made by Saudi hands, and I am talking to you, a Saudi."
The robot has a camera that uses artificial intelligence to recognize the distance between the visitor and it, which initiates the dialogue session after the visitor welcomes it. The robot also contains a pre-trained model that recognizes the different Saudi dialects, analyzes sentences and understands their content, and then provides the appropriate answer. And send it in the form of text, according to Al-Arabiya.net.
It is noteworthy that the second edition of “Leap 23”, which is organized by the Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in cooperation with the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones and Tahaluf Company, aims to consolidate and strengthen the Kingdom’s advanced position as a center for technology and innovation in the region.
