Robots used this year to serve pilgrims at Grand Mosque

RIYADH – Robots have been launched at the Grand Mosque this year to distribute Islam’s holy book of Quran on worshippers as they finish their Hajj journey in Makkah, according to Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

Giving an account on the device, the Undersecretary of the General President for the Two Holy Mosques Affairs for the Guiding Affairs of the Grand Mosque Badr bin Abdullah al Firaih said the robot, which easily finds its way through the crowds, weighs 59 kilograms with a controllable speed of 1.2.