Saudi Arabia: a robot for “recitations, sermons and azan”

The General President of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque, Sheikh Dr. Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz Al-Sudais, inaugurated yesterday the robot "recitations, sermons and call to prayer" of the Agency for Imams and Muezzins Affairs.

He stressed that the robot "is concerned with conveying the message of the imams and muezzins of the Grand Mosque to the pilgrims, in addition to employing modern technologies in the service of the pilgrims."

Al-Sudais explained that the robot’s work will be in two parts, as the first section includes displaying the “barcode” for all materials, so that the destination can take its purpose by downloading and displaying it on his personal device, while the second section works via voice commands in the robot and the destination communicates with it automatically, to obtain general information. About imams and muezzins, and weekly schedules.

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