Success Stories
“We have a responsibility to support young innovators eager to drive change,” says Wassim El Hariri, Stars of Science (SOS) season 9 contestant. He continues, “SOS is an unmatched platform for bringing inventions to life. The challenges I encountered taught me resilience and sparked innovation. The support and feedback from the judges and my peers were invaluable. Overall, SOS not only sharpened my technical skills but also boosted my confidence in making a meaningful impact through science and technology.”
Project & Impact
Wassim's mechanical expertise is firmly grounded in artificial intelligence. During Stars of Science, he developed a device that delivers food from the hospital kitchen directly to patients' bedsides. Wassim's Hospital Patient Food Delivery Robot enhances hospital efficiency by freeing up medical staff's time and ensuring patients receive their meals quickly and safely.
Beyond Stars of Science
After completing his thesis, Wassim worked in Berlin, Germany, as an International Project Manager for a renowned industrial tech company. In 2019, he launched his own startup, Revotonix, the first mobile robot company in the region, operating between Lebanon and Germany. With two partners and a team of six, Revotonix is fully operational, serving clients in Egypt, Qatar, and Lebanon. The company offers customized mobile robots, robotics consultancy, and its first product, Felix, an interactive advertising robot. Felix can detect the gender and age of viewers, display targeted advertisements, collect statistics, and showcase interactive avatars.
Since his appearance on Stars of Science, Wassim has won three competitions with his Hospital Patient Food Delivery Robot, SASHA, including the Tech-I Competition – a global contest organized by the Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST), the U.S. Department of State’s flagship entrepreneurship program. Winning first prize, Wassim received over $50,000 in startup resources, tickets to California, a dedicated feature article, among other prizes.
In 2019, SASHA, his prototype from Stars of Science, was sold to a Belgian company for industrial use. His latest product, ZenZoe, was developed as a joint project with partners, one of Europe's largest mobile robot manufacturers, driven by the Covid-19 pandemic. “The Corona outbreak was the alarm for all contributors to this product. We were on a mission to leverage all our knowledge and experience in robotics to combat this outbreak, which truly motivated us.” ZenZoe is an autonomous robot designed to disinfect rooms using advanced UVC technology, capable of making decisions on where to go next, even reaching shaded and covered areas.
Following the pandemic, Revotonix shifted to software development, focusing on navigation algorithms for mobile robots in various fields such as manufacturing, social, and service robots. The startup partnered with a leading robotics company to implement their navigation software. Wassim aims to expand his team to 30 employees, primarily operating in Europe, with plans to expand to the US and the Middle East.
Currently, Wassim is the Co-founder and CEO of Stack Tech Farm, pioneering a new cultivation technique powered by mobile robots, allowing year-round crop growth with superior economics and quality.
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Media Links
https://www.wamda.com/memakersge/2017/11/mena-embraces-healthtech-advancements
