DEWA Launches Pilot Project for Worlds First Virtual Reality Utility Inspection
Dubai, UAE: Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) launched a pilot project for the world's first virtual reality (VR) remote inspection for utility maintenance, This is an implementation of the National Innovation Strategy launched by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to make the UAE among one of the most innovative countries on the planet. The project also sustains DEWA's vision to become a sustainable and innovative world-class utility.
The pilot project incorporates autonomous robotics from SAP's VR and Internet of Things (IoT) to from another location inspect DEWA's electricity and water networks. Therefore, DEWA will certainly boost its energy assessment and maintenance by making it faster, more secure, and a lot more affordable. DEWA is presently deploying the system as an evidence of idea in a high-voltage power tunnel in Dubai.
"DEWA likes becoming aware the vision of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, to instil a culture of imagination and innovation in the office, and to finest make use of new innovations to attain the purposes of Dubai Plan 2021. This is also part of DEWA's efforts to support the Smart City initiative launched by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to make Dubai the happiest and smartest city worldwide. We mean to benefit from Virtual Reality in our procedures, which additionally emphasises our leading placement as one of the innovative and most efficient utilities worldwide," said HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA.
"DEWA always takes the initiative to use the most recent technological systems and solutions to serve the community and make Dubai a smart, integral and connected city. DEWA considers creativity and innovation as a cornerstone and standard practice for the advancement of its solutions and procedures. Today, DEWA is taking a new step in its quest for excellence in smart transformation by taking on Virtual Reality modern technology. This boosts our procedures, and increases the innovation process for additional success and achievement," claimed Marwan Bin Haider, Executive Vice President of Innovation and the Future at DEWA.
"Introducing the remote inspection system shows DEWA's global management in government innovation, and showcases functional examples of IoT and VR modern technology. SAP is dedicated to additional supporting the UAE's federal government future digital transformation to address business obstacles, improve citizen services, and co-drive innovation," stated Tayfun Topkoc, Managing Director, SAP UAE.
