The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mr. Kamel Baddari, met on the evening of 26 July 2026, at the Ministry’s headquarters, with researcher and expert Mr. Mourad Bouzit, a professor at Qingdao University in Shandong Province, China, with the aim of launching a project for the design and development of final prototypes ready for industrial manufacturing in the field of robotics, including:
• A four-legged and six-legged robotic dog;
• A humanoid robot;
• An intelligent delivery robot.
The project will involve students from the National Higher School of Mathematics, the National Higher School of Artificial Intelligence, and the National Higher School of Autonomous Systems, under the “Chahid Abdelhafid Ihaddadene” Scientific and Technological Hub in Sidi Abdallah, as well as the Centre for Development of Advanced Technologies (CDTA).
A specialised robotics technology platform is also planned at the “Chahid Abdelhafid Ihaddadene” Scientific and Technological Hub in Sidi Abdallah, with the aim of strengthening training, research and innovation capacities in robotics, artificial intelligence and advanced technologies.