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
Sahloul, Hamdi M. "Design and Implementation of a Multi-Purpose Service Robot", Sana'a University, Yemen, 16 October 2010. https://www.scribd.com/doc/57089754/Roboty ↩
"Student creates a robot which speaks Arabic", Saba News Agency, Yemen, 22 October 2010. /wiki/Saba_News_Agency ↩
Student at the Faculty of Engineering University of Sana's, creates a robot who speaks Arabic, blog, October 23, 2010 https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ar&u=http://www.yemen-tv.net/index.php%3Fmod%3Dcontents%26do%3Dview%26cid%3D4%26id%3D799&ei=p7DDTIKHEcWBlAe685EQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBkQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.yemen-tv.net/index.php%253Fmod%253Dcontents%2526do%253Dview%2526cid%253D4%2526id%253D799%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DmFD%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Div ↩
Yemeni student invents a robot to speak Arabic, almotamar.net/news, October 23, 2010 https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ar&u=http://www.almotamar.net/news/85038.htm&ei=BrHDTIb3FcGAlAeW37gG&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.almotamar.net/news/85038.htm%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3Dvbs%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Div ↩
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Yemeni student invents a robot to speak Arabic, blog https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ar&u=http://www.almasdaronline.com/index.php%3Fpage%3Dnews%26article-section%3D5%26news_id%3D12440&ei=i7HDTISFLYKKlwfU_JAH&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.almasdaronline.com/index.php%253Fpage%253Dnews%2526article-section%253D5%2526news_id%253D12440%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DlyX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Div ↩
Student at the Faculty of Engineering University of Sana's, creates a robot who speaks Arabic, alsahwa-yemen.net https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ar&u=http://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/arabic/subjects/102/2010/10/23/4499.htm&ei=ybHDTKCJA8GqlAff4LEC&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/arabic/subjects/102/2010/10/23/4499.htm%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DlzX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Div ↩
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Yemen invent a robot to speak Arabic, moheet.com https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ar&u=http://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx%3Fnid%3D424333%26pg%3D1&ei=RLLDTIXhBYX6lwecoLwQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.moheet.com/show_news.aspx%253Fnid%253D424333%2526pg%253D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DRMD%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Div ↩
Yemeni student invents robot to speak Arabic, alhadath-yemen.com https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ar&u=http://www.alhadath-yemen.com/news9840.html&ei=ibLDTLSzD4KdlgeTxJgD&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.alhadath-yemen.com/news9840.html%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DAis%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Div ↩
Student at the Faculty of Engineering University of Sana's, creates a robot who speaks Arabic https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ar&u=http://www.al-tagheer.com/news23294.html&ei=-rLDTNzbOcGBlAeEnpkQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.al-tagheer.com/news23294.html%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DNPD%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Div ↩
Student at the Faculty of Engineering University of Sana's, creates a robot who speaks Arabic https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ar&u=http://www.albidapress.net/news.php%3Faction%3Dview%26id%3D9945&ei=L7PDTPzrKMWAlAew7cy2Cg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.albidapress.net/news.php%253Faction%253Dview%2526id%253D9945%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DX5X%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Div ↩
Yemeni man creates robot who speaks Arabic https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ar&u=http://www.shababalyemen.net/2010/news-2423.htm&ei=grPDTKWrOsGclgeS7bED&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.shababalyemen.net/2010/news-2423.htm%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3Ds6X%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Div ↩
In the name of God the Merciful, blog https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ar&u=http://www.yemen-sound.com/vb/showthread.php%3Ft%3D139435&ei=tbPDTIr_KMGclge077UD&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBcQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.yemen-sound.com/vb/showthread.php%253Ft%253D139435%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3Dh7X%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Div ↩
Student at the Faculty of Engineering University of Sana's, creates a robot who speaks Arabic https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ar&u=http://www.albidapress.com/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D2027:ldiv-styleqdirectionrtltext-alignrightqg-ldivg%26catid%3D27:2010-07-10-17-10-41%26Itemid%3D46&ei=57PDTJfzFsP_lgfk1uDQCQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://nashwannews.com/news.php%253Faction%253Dview%2526id%253D8111%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DV8X%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Div ↩