Unmanned Vehicles to Help Solve Hunger at WFP Bootcamp
The URS Labs team has returned to the United Arab Emirates this week, after being selected to participate in a weeklong boot camp at the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) Innovation Accelerator. The boot camp culminated in a live pitch night at the Google offices in Munich, Germany where URS labs outlined how they plan to help solve hunger using the Made in the UAE unmanned logistics solutions.
URS Labs Team gathered to pitch their unmanned ground vehicle logistics at Google offices in Munich this month. From left to right, Mr. Urs Eiselin, COO & Co-Founder, URS Labs, Mr. Matthew Cochran, CEO & Co-Founder, URS Labs and Mohammad Al-Shamsi, Head of Robotics at URS Labs.
Mr. Bernhard Kowatsch, Head of WFP’s Innovation Accelerator, thanked URS Laboratories for their participation in the recent Innovation boot camp. “It was great to have URS Labs participate in our innovation boot camp and pitch their tech solution to a wide range of investors and partners in the social impact spacer. We look forward to exploring avenues of collaboration for the future.”
The URS Labs CEO, Mr. Matthew Cochran, will be briefing UAE Government partners in Dubai and Abu Dhabi this week to discuss his company’s participation and experience with both WFP and Google Developers Launchpad and what comes next for URS unmanned logistics initiatives globally. Mr. Cochran has been very positive about his company’s participation at the boot camp by stating, “URS Labs is honored to have been selected to be a part of this important project and we are very thankful to Mr. Bernhard Kowatsch, the Head of Innovation Accelerator at United Nations World Food Program and his amazing WFP team.”
UN World Food Program (WFP) Innovation Boot Camps are often the first stop on the journey for many projects and start-ups. Over the course of five days, innovation and humanitarian experts help teams deep dive challenges, ideate solutions and refine project plans. Boot Camps combine innovation techniques such as human centered design with WFP’s deep field knowledge and operational excellence.
URS Labs pitched to an audience of donors, partners and Accelerator management at the Google offices in Munich on March 8th. Mr. Cochran said, “URS is committed to continuing to work with both the WFP and Google Developers Launchpad mentor teams we have meet in Munich this month to secure funding, hands-on support and access to WFP’s extensive field operations to provide URS unmanned logistics to achieve the zero hunger campaign WFP has targeted.”
