US-based Nigerian builds AI robot for jaw, bone surgery

A U.S.-based Nigerian scholar and control engineer, Mr Kenechukwu Nwajiaku, alongside his research team, has developed an intelligent robotic control system that bends and twists skeletal fixation plates to fit patients’ jaws or bones precisely.Nwajiaku disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday.He said the innovation combined robotics, machine learning, and advanced control technology to shape patient-specific surgical plates accura