Kebe (right) and Pape Mamadou Gueye (left), a bachelor's student in mechanical engineering at Dakar's Ecole Superieur de Polytechnique (ESP) handles a small robot in the school's lab. The small robot, dubbed 'Dr Car', will be able to measure patients' blood pressure and temperature, according to ESP students. — Photos: AFP
DAKAR: Senegalese engineering students are throwing themselves at the West African state's growing coronavirus problem with inventions such as automatic sanitiser dispensers and medical robots.
Youngsters from a top engineering school in the capital Dakar have turned their technical skills toward easing pressure on the wards – and they are already in talks with hospitals over some of their innovations.
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Kebe (right) and Pape Mamadou Gueye (left), a bachelor's student in mechanical engineering at Dakar's Ecole Superieur de Polytechnique (ESP) handles a small robot in the school's lab. The small robot, dubbed 'Dr Car', will be able to measure patients' blood pressure and temperature, according to ESP students. — Photos: AFP
Lamine Mouhamed Kébé, a final year mechanical engineering student and coordinator of the "Dr. Car", poses for a portrait in the school's lab. Youngsters from a top engineering school in the capital Dakar have turned their technical skills toward easing pressure on the wards – and they are already in talks with hospitals over some of their innovations. One example is a small robot, dubbed 'Dr Car', which will be able to measure patients' blood pressure and temperature, according to students from Dakar's Ecole Superieur de Polytechnique (ESP). — AFP
Pape Mamadou Gueye, a bachelor's student in mechanical engineering at Dakar's Ecole Superieur de Polytechnique (ESP), handles a small robot in the school's lab. Youngsters from a top engineering school in the capital Dakar have turned their technical skills toward easing pressure on the wards – and they are already in talks with hospitals over some of their innovations. One example is a small robot, dubbed 'Dr Car', which will be able to measure patients' blood pressure and temperature, according to students from Dakar's Ecole Superieur de Polytechnique (ESP). — AFP
Lamine Mouhamed Kébé, a final year mechanical engineering student and coordinator of the 'Dr Car', handles a small robot in the school's lab. Youngsters from a top engineering school in the capital Dakar have turned their technical skills toward easing pressure on the wards – and they are already in talks with hospitals over some of their innovations. One example is a small robot, dubbed 'Dr Car', which will be able to measure patients' blood pressure and temperature, according to students from Dakar's Ecole Superieur de Polytechnique (ESP). — AFP
Pape Mamadou Gueye, a bachelor's student in mechanical engineering at Dakar's Ecole Superieur de Polytechnique (ESP), handles a small robot in the school's lab. Youngsters from a top engineering school in the capital Dakar have turned their technical skills toward easing pressure on the wards – and they are already in talks with hospitals over some of their innovations. One example is a small robot, dubbed 'Dr Car', which will be able to measure patients' blood pressure and temperature, according to students from Dakar's Ecole Superieur de Polytechnique (ESP). — AFP
Lamine Mouhamed Kébé, a final year mechanical engineering student and coordinator of the 'Dr Car', handles a small robot in the school's lab. Youngsters from a top engineering school in the capital Dakar have turned their technical skills toward easing pressure on the wards – and they are already in talks with hospitals over some of their innovations. One example is a small robot, dubbed 'Dr Car', which will be able to measure patients' blood pressure and temperature, according to students from Dakar's Ecole Superieur de Polytechnique (ESP). — AFP
An automatic hand-sanitiser dispenser designed by Gianna Andjembe, a masters student in electrical engineering, is seen at Dakar's Ecole Superieur de Polytechnique (ESP) in Dakar. Youngsters from a top engineering school in the capital Dakar have turned their technical skills toward easing pressure on the wards – and they are already in talks with hospitals over some of their innovations. — AFP
Pape Mamadou Gueye, a bachelor's student in mechanical engineering at Dakar's Ecole Superieur de Polytechnique (ESP), handles a computer in the school's lab. Youngsters from a top engineering school in the capital Dakar have turned their technical skills toward easing pressure on the wards – and they are already in talks with hospitals over some of their innovations. One example is a small robot, dubbed 'Dr Car', which will be able to measure patients' blood pressure and temperature, according to students from Dakar's Ecole Superieur de Polytechnique (ESP). — AFP
An automatic hand-sanitiser dispenser designed by Gianna Andjembe, a masters student in electrical engineering, is seen at Dakar's Ecole Superieur de Polytechnique (ESP) in Dakar. — AFP
Pape Mamadou Gueye, a bachelor's student in mechanical engineering at Dakar's Ecole Superieur de Polytechnique (ESP), poses for a portrait. Youngsters from a top engineering school in the capital Dakar have turned their technical skills toward easing pressure on the wards – and they are already in talks with hospitals over some of their innovations. One example is a small robot, dubbed 'Dr Car', which will be able to measure patients' blood pressure and temperature, according to students from Dakar's Ecole Superieur de Polytechnique (ESP). — AFP
Gianna Andjembe, a masters student in electrical engineering, demonstrates how an automatic hand-sanitiser dispenser he designed works at Dakar's Ecole Superieur de Polytechnique (ESP) in Dakar. Youngsters from a top engineering school in the capital Dakar have turned their technical skills toward easing pressure on the wards – and they are already in talks with hospitals over some of their innovations. — AFP
Lamine Mouhamed Kébé (R), a final year mechanical engineering student and coordinator of the 'Dr Car', and Pape Mamadou Gueye (L), a bachelor's student in mechanical engineering at Dakar's Ecole Superieur de Polytechnique (ESP) works in the school's lab. Youngsters from a top engineering school in the capital Dakar have turned their technical skills toward easing pressure on the wards – and they are already in talks with hospitals over some of their innovations. One example is a small robot, dubbed 'Dr Car', which will be able to measure patients' blood pressure and temperature, according to students from Dakar's Ecole Superieur de Polytechnique (ESP). — AFP
Lamine Mouhamed Kébé (R), a final year mechanical engineering student and coordinator of the 'Dr Car', and Pape Mamadou Gueye (L), a bachelor's student in mechanical engineering at Dakar's Ecole Superieur de Polytechnique (ESP) handles a small robot in the school's lab. Youngsters from a top engineering school in the capital Dakar have turned their technical skills toward easing pressure on the wards – and they are already in talks with hospitals over some of their innovations. One example is a small robot, dubbed 'Dr Car', which will be able to measure patients' blood pressure and temperature, according to students from Dakar's Ecole Superieur de Polytechnique (ESP). — AFP
Pape Mamadou Gueye, a bachelor's student in mechanical engineering at Dakar's Ecole Superieur de Polytechnique (ESP), handles a small robot in the school's lab. Youngsters from a top engineering school in the capital Dakar have turned their technical skills toward easing pressure on the wards – and they are already in talks with hospitals over some of their innovations. One example is a small robot, dubbed 'Dr Car', which will be able to measure patients' blood pressure and temperature, according to students from Dakar's Ecole Superieur de Polytechnique (ESP). — AFP
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