Yes, as robots are classified within artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The concept of AI has been promoted in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since 2019 as one of the pillars of the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution within the National Industrial Development and Logistics Program (NIDLP), one of the Saudi Vision 2030 realization programs.
In 2017, the Kingdom granted citizenship to the robot 'Sophia', becoming the world's first nation to grant citizenship to robots. In 2020, the Kingdom also hosted the robot 'Titan' as a speaker about the future of Saudi Vision 2030 on the platform of the second edition of the International Engineering Conference and Exhibition held in Riyadh, the largest engineering gathering in the Middle East. This step signifies professional recognition of robots in the Kingdom.
Moreover, the Kingdom qualified for the first time in the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) in Hungary after securing seventh place in the advanced category on a global level in 2019. This was the second edition organized by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology after the 2018 edition.
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