Three Students of Accra Technical University Design and Build Robot to Aid Heavy Industrial Work
- Three innovative Accra Technical University students have put their academic studies to practice by designing a robot that assists with some industrial work
- A Ghana National skills competition, which the students participated in, motivated them to take up more projects
- The robot built by Justice Nyarko, Isaac Adjoka and Clement Siaw can be controlled through knobs in the machine, a controller that uses Bluetooth and wifi, and through an interface on a phone
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Three students have made their school and country proud after designing and building a robot to aid heavy industrial work.
A video sighted by YEN.com.gh on the Joy News YouTube channel revealed the names of the brilliant students of Accra Technical University as Justice Nyarko, Isaac Adjoka and Clement Siaw.
They began working together after winning the Ghana National skills competition organized by the counsel of technical and vocational education and training.
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Their group, JIS robotics, derived from the initials of their first names was initiated after they went through training in Milan, Italy.
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The aim of the training program was to increase technical knowledge of modern technologies and equipment.
How it works
The robot which has been named 'The Bot Arm' was designed to aid in the lifting of heavy materials.
According to the students, it has three control points, a knob on the machine itself, a controller which communicates with the robot through Bluetooth and Wifi, and an interface on a phone.
Watch the full video below;
YEN.com.gh earlier reported that a brilliant Ghanaian student known as Essifie Abraham was the first African to build an excavator that uses water as a power source.
In the video sighted by YEN.com.gh on a YouTube channel named High Schools Africa, Essilfie, a student of Takoradi Technical Institute, revealed that he used cardboard, rubber tubes and water for his excavator.
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He shared that there were no wires, batteries, sensors, or cables involved in the manufacturing process.
Abraham was seen operating the fully functional excavator in the video. The young technocrat shared that he reads automotive engineering in school.
When asked what his greatest desire is, Essilfie said having financial support would propel him to greater heights.
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