UAE University achieves fourth place globally in “Robot Programming” in Japan

A team of students from the United Arab Emirates University achieved fourth place globally in the fifth edition of the Kibo Robot Programming Challenge, which was organized by the Japanese Aerospace Agency (JAXA) in cooperation with the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center and NASA, in Japan, with the participation of 15 countries.

The team demonstrated high skills in identifying and recognizing images (in real time inside the international spacecraft) using artificial intelligence, and controlling the robot “Astrobee” to determine the tools that the astronaut needs on his journey. The team achieved the highest score in the qualifying stage, qualifying to participate in the final challenges in Japan. The team leader, student Maryam Al Ketbi, said that the competition is one of the international competitions for robot programming, and the competition was held in two stages: the first with the participation of various universities in the country, and the UAE University achieved first place out of five university teams. Team members Akio Al-Najjar, Sarah Al-Marzouqi, Muhammad Al-Muhammad, Hussein Al-Imam, and Abdulaziz Al-Kanakri explained that continuous training is the secret to victory.