A 17-year-old graduate from Government Secondary School (GSS) in Kano State, Isah Auwal-Barde, has invented a robot that works with a robotic exoskeleton remote control.
Exoskeleton remote control is a system of controlling a robot by the person operating it through demonstration with parts of his body.
Auwal-Barde revealed that he grew up with a passion for creativity, ”it took me two years to invent the robot using local materials like DC motors, copper wires, pipes, corrugated cardboard as well as metal, among others, and the robot works with electricity.
Auwal added that he wants to become a robotic engineer, called on the government to help him achieve that.
source: Tech digest
