Silas Adekunle, 31, is a Nigerian inventor and entrepreneur, known for creating the world’s first intelligent gaming robot, and became one of the highest-paid robotics engineer in the world after signing a new deal with Apple Inc in 2018.
A graduate of the University of the West of England with a first-class degree in Robotics, this Nigerian-British entrepreneur co-founded Reach Industries in 2013 with a vision of transforming entertainment technology and STEM education by fusing gaming, robots and augmented reality.
His UK-based Reach Robotics company spent four year developing MekaMons, agile robots that work with your smartphone to let you battle in physical and augmented reality. It also brings together the worlds of gaming and STEM education.
After selling out of its initial run of 500 MekaMon bots, U.K.-based Reach Robotics scored a $7.5 million funding round to help it produce a more consumer-ready version of its battling robotics platform.
Impressed by the quality of its robots and their ability to show emotion with subtly calibrated movements, Apple signed an exclusive distribution deal to sell MekaMon in both the United States and Britain, exclusively online and in stores at a unit price of $300.