Dubai: The search is on in Dubai to find the best use of drones on Thursday as the second edition of UAE Drones for Good Award kicked off on Thursday.
The Judging Committee for the award will evaluate live performances of 20 teams who have qualified to the semi-final stage of the International and National Competitions.
The public are offered free entry to the award event.
The final competitions and the announcement of the winners will be held on Saturday 6.
The UAE Drones for Good Award, launched by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, is the largest award of its kind, offering a total prize money of Dh4.67 million (US$ 1 million for the International Competition winner, and Dh1 million for the National Competition winner).
The Award aims to harness the technology of unmanned aircraft to improve the lives of people, whether in the UAE or anywhere in the world. It aims to design a legislative structure to provide services through advanced technology such as unmanned aircraft in the areas of serving humanity.
The Judging Committee of the UAE Drones for Good Awardincludes several prominent international experts such as Farouk El-Baz, Research Professor and Director of the Center for Remote Sensing, Boston University; Dr. Eesa Bastaki, Presidentof Dubai University; Patrick Meier; a global entrepreneur and founder of Humanitarian UAV Network; and Manahel Thabet, Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine & President of World IQ Foundation.
A drone with camera tested by Gulf News.
Image Credit: Virendra Saklani/Gulf News Archives
File: A drone being demonstrated.
Image Credit: Ahmed Ramzan/Gulf News
