Famidah Yussuf a 14-year-old student wins award for creating robot that solves health problems. She emerged as the Union Bank’s The Next Robotics Legend after designing a humanoid robot recently.
The Muslim Voice findings revealed that, the humanoid robot named “Famidah” solves problems of shortage of medical personnel.
Famidah’s aim is to design a robotic solution to address the deficit of medical personnel and reduce direct contact between medical personnel and patients, particularly in cases of transmissible ailments.
The humanoid robot dispenses drugs to patients, ensures regular ward rounds, and takes health records such as body temperature, heartbeat rate, blood oxygen, and blood pressure.
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Showing her happiness, the winner 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.”
Union Bank’s Chief Brand and Marketing Officer, Ogochukwu Ekezie-Ekaidem, while speaking at the close out ceremony for the programme, said:
“Union Bank, through Edu360 has set out to introduce Robotics and Artificial Intelligence into the education of the Nigerian child because we realise that these technologies will provide solutions to some of our challenges as a people.
I am inspired by the passion and creativity the children exhibit. There are truly no limits to what they can achieve with the right resources and support – which is why we are excited to work with the Awarri team on this initiative.”
The 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.
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.
More than 1,000 entries were received from 11- to 16-year-olds across the country during the entry period. After the shortlisting stage, 40 students with the most creative and passionate entries were admitted into an intensive 2-week bootcamp programme.
