Winners of Smart Toys Competition 2.0 announced

DUBAI: Dubai Future Foundation in collaboration with the World Economic Forum (WEF), has announced the winners of the second edition of the Smart Toys Competition, hosted by Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution UAE (C4IR UAE).

The competition atracted 43 solutions developed by innovators, entrepreneurs, toy developers, and start-ups specialised in various technology sectors from 20 countries around the world.

The winning projects include Karbo in the Educational category, Kumiita in the Creative Play category, Kaibot in the Learn-to-code category, Robotics Pro Kit in the Robotics category, Smart Teddy in the Smart Companion category, and Moflin in the Most Innovative category.

The Smart Toy Competition was developed in collaboration with the Generation AI project community in 2020.

The project community comprises subjectmater experts from the private, public, nonprofit and academic sectors.

Through its first iteration last year, the Smart Toy Competition not only awarded companies who have developed ethical and responsible AI but also who have supported the World Economic Forum in developing governance criteria for smart toys that help companies design products that are not only fun but also ethical, responsible, and support children’s wellbeing and growth.

The judging panel and advisors included a group of international experts, including Kay Firth-buterfield, Head of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and Member of the Executive Commitee of the World Economic Forum at World Economic Forum ; Aswini Weereratne KC, Expert Barrister, Doughty Street Chambers; Helena Leurent, Director-general, Consumers International; Marc Dullaert, Founder and Chairman of Kidsrights Foundation; Alisha Arora, AI Youth Council Member, World Economic Forum; Dr. Ronald Dahl, Director of the Institute of Human Development at the University of California, Berkeley, Julie Inman Grant, Australia esafety Commissioner and will.i.am, Smart Toy Competition Co-chair.

Omar Bin Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, and Remote Work Applications, Deputy Managing Director of the Dubai Future Foundation and Smart Toy Competition Co-chair, said during the opening speech of the award ceremony that the UAE invites all creative minds and global experts to join the UAE in designing the future and creating solutions to current and future challenges.

He said, “The Smart Toys Competition is a true embodiment of the importance of international partnerships in deploying advanced technologies to prepare future generations.”