Dr Paul Amayo
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Dr Paul Amayo
Visiting Faculty Researcher: Google Research Africa; Principal Investigator: African Robotics Unit (University of Cape Town),
Dr Paul Amayo is a Senior Lecturer and Principal Investigator in the African Robotics Unit at the University of Cape Town. He has broad experience in both hardware and software development over various sectors (from self-driving cars in the UK to paratransit in Kenya) with a primary focus on robotics. He has Dphil in Engineering Science from the Oxford Robotics Institute, University of Oxford. Paul strongly believes that technology holds the key to solving some of the world's and in particular Africa's most pressing problems. His interests are therefore not only in advancement of technology through research but also in its subsequent education that ensures that this technology is adopted into communities where it would do the most good.
