old Kano student builds advanced humanoid robot
Isah Barde-Auwal, a 21-year-old Nigerian engineering student, has developed an advanced humanoid robot named QX Alpha. The project, supported by a scholarship from the National Information Technology Development Agency, aims to create affordable AI-driven solutions for African challenges.
Why it matters
This highlights the growing capacity for indigenous technological innovation in Africa and the potential for robotics to address regional security and infrastructure issues.
Isah Barde-Auwal and the robot Quick Read “It started from my curiosity about robotics, but as I went deeper into the field, I realised that robotics and AI can be applied to many of the challenges around us,” he said.
A 21-year-old Computer Engineering student at Baze University, Abuja, Isah Barde-Auwal from Kano State, has invented QX Alpha, a humanoid robot designed to solve real-world problems.
Barde-Auwal, a final-year student at the institution, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Kano.
He said the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) awarded him a scholarship because of his potential in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics under its Technology Innovation Support Programme.
According to him, he invented a humanoid exoskeleton remote-controlled robot in 2022, which he presented to the NITDA Director-General. He added that the innovation earned him the scholarship.
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