Founder

Timothy Adejare Ayelagbe

Founder. Leads research, engineering and partnerships.

Affiliation: Obafemi Awolowo University, Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Specialisation: Control and Instrumentation Engineering, with a secondary specialisation in Electronic Materials and Devices Technology (Microelectronics)

Roles

Chair, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society OAU Student Branch Chapter
Early research experience at Moek Robotics, on robotics modelling and control for safe force interaction

Publications

Force Perception in Robot Assisted Surgery: Integrating Force Sensing, Haptic Feedback, and AI Based Estimation for Next Generation Surgical Robotics
IEEE NIGERCON 2026 · 2026
Accepted
Class Imbalance Corrected Multi Label Classification of Thoracic Pathologies in Resource Constrained Chest Radiograph Screening
IEEE NIGERCON 2026 · 2026
Accepted
Beam on Foundation Modelling and Closed Loop Control of Tool to Tissue Interaction for Percutaneous Needle Steering
IEEE NIGERCON 2026 · 2026
Accepted
Toward a Personalized Knee Ankle Wearable Exoskeleton for Partial Stroke Rehabilitation: A Review of Design, Control, and Clinical Evidence
IEEE NIGERCON 2026 · 2026
Accepted
Pain, Consent, and the Scalpel: Racialized Surgical Ethics from Sims's Operating Room to Contemporary African Caesarean and Laparoscopic Practice
10th Annual Lagos Studies Association Conference · 2026
Presented

Scholarships and fellowships

2026Medtronic Spark Scholarship
2026IEEE AESS Undergraduate Engineering Scholarship ↗
2026NHEF Scholar, 2026 Cohort, 10th Anniversary Expanded Cohort
2026The Bridge Program Fellowship, The Afara Initiative
MTN Foundation Academic Excellence Scholarship

Selections and invitations

2026Selected Startup, IEEE IROS 2026 Innovation Stage, Pittsburgh
2026Selected Presenter, IEEE ICRA 2026 TABxStartup Workshop, Vienna ↗
2026Invited Delegate, World Bank Group Youth Summit, Washington DC. One of 250 delegates globally.
2026Fully Funded Delegate, Deep Learning Indaba, Pan Atlantic University, Lagos
2025IEEE RAS IDEA Travel Grant, IEEE Humanoids, Seoul
2025IEEE IAS Annual Meeting Travel Grant, Taipei

Recognition

2024Featured in IEEE Spectrum, Shaping Africa's Future With Microelectronics

Policy and youth representation

Work outside the lab, in international youth policy.

Regional Focal Point for West and Central Africa, United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth, coordinating youth engagement across more than 800 organisations feeding into the ECOSOC Youth Forum, the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, and Youth, Peace and Security forums.

Policy Educator with the World Food Forum's Educator's Network.

Former Youth Representative to the European Economic and Social Committee's EU Youth Test, contributing to Opinion SOC/822 on implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights.