Article · Wikipedia archive · Last revised Jun 11, 2026

Roboty

ROBOTY is a differential wheeled robot with self-balancing, motion, speech and object recognition capabilities. ROBOTY is also the first autonomous robot in Yemen, all of which will be primarily controlled by voice commands. The final goal of this research project is to build a robot capable of playing chess.

Last revised
Jun 11, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
306 w
Citations
15
Source
Wikipedia ↗

ROBOTY (Arabic: روبوتي) is a differential wheeled robot with self-balancing, motion, speech and object recognition capabilities. ROBOTY is also the first autonomous robot in Yemen, all of which will be primarily controlled by voice commands. The final goal of this research project is to build a robot capable of playing chess.1

History and background

ROBOTY was first introduced on October 21, 2010 by its inventor, Hamdi M. Sahloul, as his final year project. The seminar showed the components and capabilities of the robot. These capabilities included moving, speaking, hearing, facial recognition, and GPS navigation.2

Various media and newspapers covered this event, including Yemen TV Channel,3 Al-Motamar,4 26 Sep.,5 Almasdar Online,6 Al-Sahwa,7 22 May,8 Al-Moheet,9 Al-Hadath,10 Al-Tagheer,11 Al-Bida Press,12 Shabab Al-Yemen,13 Yemen Sound14 and Nashwan News.15

References

References

  1. Sahloul, Hamdi M. "Design and Implementation of a Multi-Purpose Service Robot", Sana'a University, Yemen, 16 October 2010.
  2. "Student creates a robot which speaks Arabic", Saba News Agency, Yemen, 22 October 2010.
  3. Student at the Faculty of Engineering University of Sana's, creates a robot who speaks Arabic, blog, October 23, 2010
  4. Yemeni student invents a robot to speak Arabic, almotamar.net/news, October 23, 2010
  5. Dead link
  6. Yemeni student invents a robot to speak Arabic, blog
  7. Student at the Faculty of Engineering University of Sana's, creates a robot who speaks Arabic, alsahwa-yemen.net
  8. Student at the Faculty of Engineering University of Sana's, creates a robot who speaks Arabic
  9. Yemen invent a robot to speak Arabic, moheet.com
  10. Yemeni student invents robot to speak Arabic, alhadath-yemen.com
  11. Student at the Faculty of Engineering University of Sana's, creates a robot who speaks Arabic
  12. Student at the Faculty of Engineering University of Sana's, creates a robot who speaks Arabic
  13. Yemeni man creates robot who speaks Arabic
  14. In the name of God the Merciful, blog
  15. Student at the Faculty of Engineering University of Sana's, creates a robot who speaks Arabic