Dubai-based World Federation of Future Sports has unveiled a new innovation driven economic sector event, which will feature innovation and futuristic technology based sports competitions.

 

The World Future Sports Games will run from December 28 to 30 next year.

 

The games will be held over three days once every two years, and will be open for participation from individuals, companies, academic institutions and research centres from around the world.

 

It will feature nine competitions that employ modern technology and artificial intelligence: driverless car racing, robotic soccer, robotic running competitions, manned drones racing, robotic swimming, robotic table tennis, robotic wrestling, drones races and cybathlon competition.

 

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, and chairman of the board of trustees of Dubai Museum of the Future Foundation, said: "Today we start a new phase in our march to the future through the launch of these unique initiatives that are built on the success of our global platforms, the UAE Drones for Good Award and UAE AI & Robotics Award for Good. Dubai will activate future sports as a catalyst to drive innovation and research and development around the world."

 

The federation will work with specialised international organisations to create an integrated global system to support the future sports sector by organising scientific and technological competitions in different parts of the world. 

 

It will contribute to attracting thousands of researchers and professionals from around the world to create economic value worth billions of dollars. - TradeArabia News Service