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Yango Group says its Yasmina AI assistant will commentate Dubai Mallathon races on Aug 22 in Dubai Festival City, with a robot handing out water.
Yango Group will use its AI assistant, Yasmina, as a race commentator at Dubai Mallathon on August 22.
The company will also deploy an autonomous delivery robot to hand out water and present medals.
Yango Group announced it will activate its AI and robotics products at Dubai Festival City Mall during Dubai Mallathon.
The headline feature is Yasmina, an AI assistant, which means a voice bot that can talk and respond like a digital concierge. Yasmina will lead the warm-up with a coach, then accompany runners across the course with tips and prompts.
Yasmina will share pacing and hydration reminders, basic well-being advice, and short facts about the human body and exercise. It will also add local facts and interactive prompts, then welcome runners at the finish.
Alongside the assistant, Yango Group said an autonomous delivery robot will distribute water and present medals. The robot uses cameras and AI perception, which means software that helps it “see” obstacles and move safely in a busy space.
Dubai Mallathon is a summer wellness initiative that turns shopping malls into indoor walking and running venues. Dubai Festival City Mall will host 2.5 km, 5 km, and 10 km races starting at 6:00 AM.
This is another example of conversational AI moving from phone screens into public spaces, where people interact with it while doing everyday activities.
For operators and city planners, these pilots are also a way to test human and robot coordination in crowded venues. That matters for future service robotics, including indoor last-mile delivery, event support, and customer service in malls and transport hubs.
For Yango, the activation supports its positioning around smart city use cases in the UAE, and it gives the company a live environment to measure engagement and safety in real time.
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