From AI-powered bionic hands and humanoid robots to satellite intelligence and advanced computing infrastructure, day two of LEAP 2026 on 1 September demonstrated how artificial intelligence is moving beyond experimentation and into real-world deployment across industries, public services and everyday life, organiser Tahaluf said.
Across LEAP and DeepFest, visitors experienced live demonstrations from global technology leaders, including AGIBOT's humanoid robotics and advanced computing solutions from AI infrastructure leader Supermicro.
Mohammad Zahri, Regional Director at Supermicro, said that as organisations move from AI experimentation to large-scale deployment, the conversation increasingly centres on the infrastructure needed to support that growth, adding that the company is aligning its regional expansion with Saudi Vision 2030 and investing in talent as AI adoption accelerates.
Among the standout demonstrations was PSYONIC's Bionic Hand, an advanced prosthetic designed to learn and adapt to its user's movements. "We want the prosthetic hand to feel less like a tool and more like an extension of the user's body," said Dr Aadeel Akhtar, CEO of PSYONIC.
At national scale, Tawakkalna, the comprehensive national application enabled by the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), marked a major milestone as 62 government entities were recognised for completing the integration of their services into the platform, achieving its 2026 integration target in full. The platform now serves more than 36 million users, facilitates over 85 million daily transactions and provides access to more than 1,700 government services, with 926 services from the 62 entities brought together through a single interface.
"At LEAP, we are seeing a clear shift from discussing what AI could do to showcasing what it is already doing," said Annabelle Mander, Executive Vice President at Tahaluf.
Zhang Min, Vice President at Unitree, described a shift from AI existing on screens to AI operating in the physical world, calling Saudi Arabia one of the most exciting markets for the next generation of intelligent robotics, while at DeepFest, Abel Deng, President of the Middle East and Asia-Pacific region at AGIBOT, described embodied AI robots as the next revolution in how people interact with technology, following the era of keyboards and smartphones.