Silas Adekunle: One of world’s highest-paid robotics engineers visits Nigeria
- Silas Adekunle, a 27-year-old robotics engineer, whose gaming machine received worldwide applause, has visited Nigeria
- During his visit, he was hosted by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who listened to his plans on encouraging robotics in Nigeria
- Osinbajo also promised to support his plans especially in the area of education and upskilling to make robotics a reality in the country
Silas Adekunle, the 27-year-old robotics engineer, was hosted by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja on Monday, November 18.
According to the Instagram post of the engineer on his Instagram, he was appreciative for the time the vice president gave him in listening to his plan for robotics in Nigeria and Africa at large from the point of educating and increasing people’s skill.
Adekunle said Osinbajo did not just listen but pledged support for his robotics plans in the country.
Finally, in his post, he was grateful for the effort of all the teams that made the event possible and how their “optimism” motivated him.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that Adekunle is a top robotics engineer in the world who built a gaming machine that became a worldwide sensation and made $7.5m (N2,715,825,000) within weeks of its launch.
The 27-year-old young man is also a co-founder and CEO of Reach Robotics makers of Mekamon robots for which he signed an exclusive distribution deal with Apple in November 2017.
The quality of his robots and their ability to show emotion with subtly-calibrated movements made the tech giant priced his four-legged “battle-bots” at $300.
Apple also has them on display in nearly all of its stores in the United States and Britain.
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Reach Robotics describes its Mekamon as a “battlebot” that uses augmented reality technology to allow gamers and robotics enthusiasts alike to play around with the device in both the real and virtual world.
You can control it with a smartphone or tablet as they are compatible with both iOS and Android-supported devices.
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