Mairabot is a Nigerian student-built robot.

Innovative Nigerian schoolchildren develop and build a health-assistant robot during COVID to great praise.

When COVID-19 struck, a group of industrious students in Abuja, Nigeria, used their robotics lesson to develop and construct a modest robot to reduce interpersonal contact in hospitals.

They each contributed to the concepts, concept, mechanics, and AI parts of their robot “Mairabot” – which received accolades from health officials and their teachers alike — using only scraps they found around the classroom.

In this brief, uplifting film, filmmaker Philip Okpokoro introduces us to Nabila Abbas and her fellow students.

Philip Okpokoro is a Nigerian director and cinematographer who has directed documentaries and live television shows. He has directed a wide range of film productions for global broadcasters, from high-end live TV to intimate documentaries, and has won awards for best director of photography.