Omeife – Africa's First Humanoid Robot

Meet Omeife:
Africa's First Humanoid Robot

Omeife will interact with you in eight different languages including Igbo, English, French, Arabic, Kiswahili, Pidgin, Wazobia, and Afrikaans. Omeife will smile at you during conversation and even do some tasks if asked, politely.

About Me

Developing Africa's First Humanoid Robot.

Omeife, Africa’s first humanoid robot, was created at the StemFocus Robotics Lab by Uniccon Group of Companies. Uniccon Group is a two-year old Nigerian technology firm based in Abuja, Nigeria. Omeife is a 6-foot-tall multilingual human-like robot. From an idea that was conceptualised in 2020 to a back-and-forth construction—slow wins and quick-succession learning—that stretched across two years, Omeife, built as a female Igbo character that understands and speaks eight different languages, is now a product ready to meet the world.

Powered by sophisticated artificial intelligence algorithms developed in-house by the company’s team of scientists, Omeife has a deep understanding of African culture and behavioural patterns.

Omeife has a real time understanding of its environment including active listening and the ability to focus on a specific conversation thread as it is happening. She is not just multilingual, it has the ability to switch languages and interact with specific gestures—hand illustrations, smile and other bodily gestures—that match the tone of the conversation. Omeife currently speaks English, French, Arabic, Kiswahili, Pidgin, Wazobia, Afrikaans, and of course, Igbo.

Features and Technology

What makes Omeife stand out?

Interactions

Discussion awareness and focus: Pays attention to a specific person to keep the conversation alive.
Politeness: Careful and aware of words, phrases, sentences and expressions that are not polite in African cultures.
Safe for kids: Smooth interaction and not reactive.
Knowledgeable in various fields and always teachable

Conversations

Realtime Understanding: Active listening and ability to focus on a specific conversation thread as its happening.
Multilingual: Ability to switch languages and interact with the specific gestures.
Native Accent: Pitch and Vocabulary detailed pronunciations of words, sentences and even phrases.

Advanced AI

Face Detection: Identifies and tags humans through face and facial expressions.
Subject Focus: Paying attention to a specific item when required.
Object Detection: Identifies objects and knows their characteristics.
Distance Analysis: Calculates positions and distance of objects it sees.

Working Process

Our AI and Robotics team poured in their heart and soul to breathe life into Omeife. Follow their Journey and experience the birth of Africa’s First Humanoid Robot.