MADRID, 28 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Mutua Madrid Open continues to take steps forward in terms of technology, presenting both an important advance in security, where Prosegur will have ‘Yellow’, a robot dog integrated into its device, and in terms of communication, where they will offer daily content through a new ‘Twitch’ channel to improve the experience of the fans ahead of the tournament that runs until May 8.
The Madrid tournament has announced an important innovation in its security device, in which it works together with Prosegur and in which it will have a robot dog that “will contribute to the objective of increasing the security of the nearly 300,000 people” who will attend this year to the Mutua Madrid Open.
More than 200 will be the people who will make up the security team of the tournament, organized in three rings from the outside of the facility to the inside, the main novelty of the device being an intelligent robot dog named ‘Yellow’ and that will be integrated through of the GenzAI platform “which allows communicating any risk situation to the Prosegur Control Center (SOC) through 5G technology”, explains the organization.
‘Yellow’ can detect suspicious elements, recognize them and generate an alert based on its ability to analyze videos, in addition to having temperature sensors to warn of fires or gases, among others. In the tournament, this robot dog will be used for both solo and supervised rounds. In addition, he will be a “VIP guard” who will accompany players to matches or training sessions.
The general director of Prosegur Security in Spain, José Gil, explains that “the security of an event of the Mutua Madrid Open entity requires always being one step ahead in the protection of people and facilities”, so it is important prediction work to anticipate potential risks.
For his part, the president and CEO of the Mutua Madrid Open, Gerard Tsobanian, was very pleased with this progress. “We are delighted to be part of this project together with Prosegur because it perfectly defines the technological and innovative character that is part of the DNA of the Mutua Madrid Open”, he commented.
EXCLUSIVE DAILY CONTENT ON ‘TWITCH’
Another of the important novelties of this edition of the Mutua Madrid Open will be a ‘Twitch’ channel that will be released on Friday and in which daily content will be offered for fans of the tournament, as well as trying to attract a new audience and bring tennis closer in a different way to the usual channels.
Antonio Arenas and Agos Larocca will be the drivers, and they will have a cast made up of Fran Guillén, Edu Salán, Dani Meroño and Jara Gómez. The channel will carry out interviews with the players, they will provide news and even narration of matches, as well as everything that happens in the Mutua Madrid Open Virtual, the eSports tournament organized by the Mutua Madrid Open and that distributes ten thousand euros in prizes.
The channel will begin broadcasting at 11:30 on Friday, April 29, and will continue until Sunday, May 8, offering an average of six hours of content per day that will take place on a set installed in the Caja Mágica.