ABU DHABI, UAE, November 15, 2025 /24-7PressRelease/ — His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has attended the opening ceremony of the eighth version of RoboCup Asia-Pacific (RCAP 2025), organised by Khalifa University of Science and Technology.
Held as half of the inaugural version of Abu Dhabi Autonomous Week, RCAP 2025 is being hosted for the primary time within the MENA Region beneath the theme Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for a Sustainable Future.
The occasion options greater than 170 groups and in extra of 700 contributors, together with 22 groups from Singapore with a robust contingent of 61 college students and 55 officers, Egypt with 18, Russia with 18 groups, China with 10, and with the UAE fielding 12 groups of 44 college students.
His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan toured a number of competitors areas and reviewed cutting-edge robotics initiatives showcased by scholar groups from numerous nations collaborating in each the principle and sub-challenges.
His Highness emphasised that investing in synthetic intelligence, robotics applied sciences and autonomous clever techniques will function a basic pillar within the journey of future growth, noting that nurturing younger expertise and selling analysis and growth contributes to strengthening Abu Dhabi’s place each as a worldwide platform for supporting the innovation ecosystem and a vacation spot for attracting future industrial sectors, in alignment with the emirate’s imaginative and prescient of constructing a knowledge-based financial system pushed by superior science and expertise.
A project-oriented instructional initiative, RoboCupJunior sponsors native, regional and worldwide robotic occasions for younger college students and can have Soccer, OnStage and Rescue leagues.
RCAP 2025 options eight essential competitions and 15 sub-challenges, overlaying Soccer, OnStage and Rescue leagues. RoboCup Soccer will embrace 4 challenges overlaying Standard Platform, Humanoid, Simulation 2D and RoboCupJunior leagues.
His Excellency Professor Ebrahim Al Hajri, President of Khalifa University, stated: “Hosting RCAP 2025 in Abu Dhabi marks a major milestone for Khalifa University, the UAE and regional robotics ecosystem, highlighting Abu Dhabi’s role as a regional centre for advanced robotics and AI research. This aligns with Abu Dhabi’s vision to become a leader in technology and innovation, and the UAE Vision 2031, showcasing how AI and robotics can transform industries.
“The occasion can even generate extra curiosity in STEM-related topic areas for the scholars whereas creating recent expertise appropriate for future management. Additionally, such main occasions assist in attracting prime international expertise in AI and robotics to Abu Dhabi and the UAE.”
Alya Al Hosani, Executive Director, Community Affairs, Mubadala Investment Company, said: “Mubadala is proud to help RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2025, a distinguished platform that underscores the UAE’s management in innovation and expertise. Our dedication to advancing youth engagement in STEM schooling and fostering innovation in fields akin to robotics displays our dedication to nurturing the subsequent era of expertise that may proceed to advance the UAE as a knowledge-based financial system.”
Dr Hamad Karaki, General Chairman of RCAP 2025, said: “The quantity of collaborating groups and the variety of competitions strongly mirror Abu Dhabi’s means to draw the top-tier expertise consultants to compete by way of the most recent AI applied sciences.
“RCAP 2025 aims to strengthen, and nurture the UAE’s robotics ecosystem following the initiatives to create an AI-powered government, that includes 100 per cent digitisation of processes, and the deployment of more than 200 AI solutions. Such efforts have positioned the UAE as a global magnet for the top technology leaders participating in RCAP 2025.”
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