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  • PRESS RELEASE
    For Immediate Release
    February 17, 2020
    Contact: Communication and Alumni Relations Office
    Rafik Hariri University
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    Co-founded by RHU Alumni, Revotonix TechDXB is featured at Forbes Middle East

    Co-founded by RHU Alumni Wassim Hariri and Abbas Sidawi, Revotonix TechDXB is featured at Forbes Middle East, after graduating from cohort 3 of Dubai Smart City Accelerator. It is selected as one of the top 10 startups out of 800 in the Arab region.

     

    Revotonix is specialized in building the new generation of fully autonomous mobile social robots that live in harmony with people and improve their lives using cutting edge artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms.

     

    Wassim Hariri, CEO of Revotonix, is an RHU mechatronics engineering graduate from RHU. He earned his Master’s Degree in robotics from Politecnico University, Italy. A Global Innovation through Science and Technology world champion who has more than a 4 years of experience in managing robotics projects at a top leading robotics company in Germany.

     

    Abbas Sidawi, CTO of Revotonix, is also an RHU mechatronics engineering graduate. He earned his Master’s degree and is now pursuing his PhD in human-robot interaction at the American University of Beirut. A top 20 innovator under 35 MENA according to MIT Tech Review.

     

    Extremely proud of you!

     

    Read full article in Forbes Middle East.

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