Riyadh: Qassim University has obtained a patent from the Saudi Intellectual Property Office for technology that enables it to power a robot with electromagnetic energy, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday.
The report says the technology can be used across various medical and industrial sectors and works with Android apps.
The research team included Dr. Fahd bin Nasser Al-Sunaidah, Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Amer Al-Rumaih, Dr. Khaled bin Ali Al-Hassoun, Dr. Fahd bin Nasser Al-Saleem, Dr. Shaaban Abdul-Radi Mahmoud and Dr. Omar Hazem Salem.
In its report, the team said the goal was to “transform inventions and research ideas into protected products with economic benefits and contribute to raising the university’s local and international classification in the patent register.”
Qassim University is one of the best universities in the Kingdom, with a mechanical engineering department focusing on robotics.