14-year-old Famidah Yussuf has emerged as the overall winner of the Union Bank Of Nigeria The Next Robotics Legend 2.0 for designing a robotic solution to tackle the shortage of medical personnel and reduce direct contact between medical personnel and patients, especially in cases of transmissible diseases.
Two runners-up, Munachiso Okeoma and Oluwatimilehin Oke, designed a multifunctional smart health robot for conducting medical scans as well as performing surgical operations; and an agricultural robotic solution for weed identification and removal, monitoring soil conditions, and controlling the spread of diseases, respectively.
During the entry period, over 1,000 entries were received from 11- to 16-year-olds across the country. After the shortlisting stage, 40 students with the most creative and passionate entries were admitted into an intensive 2-week bootcamp programme. The participants were then asked to design robots to solve societal issues.
According to Union Bank Of Nigeria:
“Three weeks ago, we commenced the journey to find #TheNextRoboticsLegend!
Today, we are excited to announce that we have our legend!!! 14 years old Famidah Yussuf emerged as The Next Robotics Legend. She designed a humanoid robot – Famidah, to solve the problem of shortage of medical personnel. Her goal is to reduce the burden of record-keeping and regular health checks by doctors or nurses, utilizing sensors that automatically track patients vitals. This allows doctors to focus on patients that require their attention or have an emergency.
Famidah dispenses drugs to patients, ensures regular ward rounds, and takes health records such as body temperature, heartbeat rate, blood oxygen, and blood pressure. Famidah also helps measure a patients’ stress rate and keeps track of their general health.
Congratulations Famidah”
An elated Famidah Yussuf said:
“I’m very grateful for The Next Robotics Legend programme, it has exposed me to all the benefits that robotics has in this world. My experience has been very inspiring. I hope this programme is able to aid me in my goal of becoming a medical doctor in the nearest future. Thank you to my parents, school founder and the Union Bank and the Awarri family.”
Now in its second year, The Next Robotics Legend was designed by Edu360 in partnership with Awarri, Pan-African artificial technology company. The programme was established to identify and train young inventors in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics.
