Silas Adekunle

Silas Adekunle (born July 1991) is a Nigerian-British inventor and technology entrepreneur known for creating the world's first intelligent gaming robot. Adekunle co-founded and was the CEO of Reach Robotics, a UK-based augmented reality gaming company that created robots for gaming and STEM education.

Quotes

• "Let's build something that truly works not just for the few but for everyone."
  • Silas Adekunle invited to give a statement at the historic launch of the Global Dialogue on AI Governance during hashtag#UNGA80.
• "AI is moving fast we need outcomes not just dialogue."
  • Silas Adekunle invited to give a statement at the historic launch of the Global Dialogue on AI Governance during hashtag#UNGA80.
• "If the next majority are left out the world misses out on what its young brilliant minds including Africa has to offer."
  • Silas Adekunle invited to give a statement at the historic launch of the Global Dialogue on AI Governance during hashtag#UNGA80.
• "If governance is shaped only by those who already holds power it isn't governance but infringement."
  • Silas Adekunle invited to give a statement at the historic launch of the Global Dialogue on AI Governance during hashtag#UNGA80.

• I grew up in Nigeria and moved to the UK with my family when I was 11. I did my GCSEs and A Levels in Kent where I developed a real interest in the sciences. Moving into robotics seemed like the ideal way to combine physics, biology and maths in one subject, so I went on to study robotics at UWE here in Bristol.
  • https://techspark.co/blog/2014/06/20/interview-building-for-the-future-silas-adekunle-founder-of-reach-robotics/

• Having spent time researching robotics undergraduate courses up and down the country, I was impressed by a video of the work being done in the labs here in Bristol – especially what was being done here with legged robots. That was what I specialised in while studying the degree course.
  • https://techspark.co/blog/2014/06/20/interview-building-for-the-future-silas-adekunle-founder-of-reach-robotics/

• At the end of my first year, myself and another student created a program to take robotics into local schools. Robotics is the perfect combination of the STEM subjects – Science, Technology, English and Maths – which younger students might not think to combine. The program expanded to four schools in Bristol in four years.
  • https://techspark.co/blog/2014/06/20/interview-building-for-the-future-silas-adekunle-founder-of-reach-robotics/

• Coming up with an idea, presenting it to people and getting them to say “yeah we believe in this” was nothing but entrepreneurship.

• In the fundamentals of robotics, the more freedom of movement you have, the more expressions the character can have.

• To build a great brand, you have to explain why everything looks the way it does.

• Success is the fire and how big you can make it burn.

• At the end of the day the key to a good pitch is to put yourself in the shoes of the person you’re talking to at the fund.

• The story stays the same but how you tell it changes as you progress further and further up.

• But you should never do anything that puts your entire company at risk. You need to contain your risks.