An Information Technology expert and the chairman, Conferences Committee of Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) Engr Jide Awe has urged the Federal Government to formulate policy and strategy that would assist the country to adopt robotics technology.
Awe disclosed this in Lagos, adding that robotics is the study of robots which is essentially man made machines that consist of electromagnetic and electrical components designed to resemble human beings and programmed to carry certain tasks.
The essence of its existence, according to him is to improve productivity, safety in certain areas where human capacity is inefficient.
He described robotics as the future, a complex field that required infrastructure to be in place such as the physical component, which the country did not have presently and called on the government to have the policy and a strategy toward it.
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He hinted that strategy and policy has become necessary so that we do not continue to become consumers of other people’s products again and then build up our talent base, create awareness about it within the educational system and encourage entrepreneurs to buy into it.
Awe stated that there is need to make facilities available so that people can invest in robotic, so that the production, programming and local content can be done in the country.
When robotics is adopted, he said, there would be need to consider the aspect that concerns jobs which would be reviewed as there can be some loses in that area.
He affirmed that to make the country a less consuming one, there is need to encourage innovative jobs that robots only can do and also encourage the study of robotics so that the industry can be established in Nigeria.