Students of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Jos have won an overall of 70 million after emerging amongst the leading entertainers at the first Nigeria Engineering Olympiad with a synthetic intelligence-powered agricultural development.
The trainees, who competed under the banner of Team Fortizo, established a solar-powered robotic device efficient in identifying illness impacting crops such as potato, maize and ginger, allowing farmers to identify infections early and decrease crop losses.
The innovation made the team a 20 million startup grant, while the University of Jos received laboratory equipment worth 50 million for its Professors of Engineering in acknowledgment of the achievement.
The university explained the feat as a significant milestone in promoting innovation and research-driven services to obstacles in Nigeria’s farming sector.
It likewise revealed plans to work together with Group Fortizo to commercialise the AI-powered farm robotic, with the aim of making the innovation offered to farmers and supporting increased agricultural productivity.
The Nigeria Engineering Olympiad is developed to motivate engineering innovation and provide young Nigerian developers with opportunities to establish commercially feasible options to nationwide obstacles.