Isah Auwal-Barde, a 17-year-old teenager from Kano State, built a robot that uses a robotic exoskeleton remote control.

The exoskeleton remote control is a method of robot control by demonstrating elements of the operator’s body.

On Saturday, Master Auwal-Barde stated that he grew up with a strong desire to be creative.

In 2021, he graduated from the Government Secondary School (GSS) in Sabuwar-Kofa, Kano, with seven credits in science courses from the West African Examination Council (WAEC).

“It took me two years to create the robot using local materials such as DC motors, copper wires, pipes, corrugated cardboard, and metal, among others, and the robot runs on electricity. I want to be a robotics engineer so that I can create robots that can be used to address the country’s security challenges,” the teenager explained.

Isah Auwal-Barde and his exoskeleton robot

Auwal-Barde thanked his father for his support of his initiative.

“Now, I want to get a scholarship to further my education abroad so that I can fulfil my dream of becoming a robotics engineer,” he stated.

The boy went on to say that his skills in robotics engineering drew a delegation from the National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (NCAIR) to pay him a visit.

According to him, the group offered to get him into one of the indigenous colleges to study computer engineering.

“I’ve been encouraging him and telling him that he’ll become a robotics engineer in the future,” his father stated. “And whenever our electricity or electronics broke down, he was the one who fixed them.”