Meet Silas Adekunle and his MekaMon Robots

He was born in Nigeria and lived here till he was 11, then he moved to the UK with his family. He studied at the University of the West of England, where he graduated with a 1st Class, before going on to hold a residency at the Pervasive Media Studio. His focus project was of course, the Meka Monsters.

In 2015, he was accepted into Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator, powered by Techstars in San Diego, U.S.A. Qualcomm, by the way, one of the biggest processor manufacturers in the world.

Silas’ company, Reach Robotics has built the world’s first augmented reality gaming robots, and it looks like he can only break more ground. Reach Robotics signed an exclusive sales deal with Apple last year march. This deal will see his robots, Mekamon, sold exclusively in Apple stores in the UK and US (what about Africa?)

What the heck is a MekaMon?

Or Meka Monsters. These robots combine real world game play with augmented reality, seamlessly. The robots are made of plastic, and are controlled from a smartphone app, which actually creates the virtual world for battle and exploring.