DUBAI (ALETIHAD)

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) on Saturday announced that the final round of the 5th cycle of the Kibo Robot Programming Challenge (Kibo-RPC) concluded today with team from the United Arab Emirates University, representing the UAE, taking part in the event from the Centre’s headquarters in Dubai.

The international robotics competition was jointly organised by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, and MBRSC, with 13 teams competing in the final round, during which they controlled Astrobee, a free-flying robot in the Japanese Experiment Module (Kibo) aboard the International Space Station (ISS).