2024–2026
Head of Robotics & Simulation Labs
Innov8 HubLed technical direction across robotics, digital twins and immersive applications. Established the Robotics lab and led the award-winning SkillForge VR project.
About / Engineer · Builder · Researcher
Curiosity,
put to work.
I’m Timothy K. Ukwueze, a Robotics and Spatial Computing Engineer based in Abuja, Nigeria.
Stress Robotics is the identity behind my work: a place for the systems I build, the questions I explore and the ideas I want to bring into the world.
01 / Experience
Design. Build.
Bring people along.
My work combines hands-on development with technical direction, product thinking and mentoring.
2023–2024
Head of Simulation Lab
Innov8 HubEstablished the Simulation lab at Innov8 Hub and led product animation, interactive visualisation and VR development, including a nurse-training application.
2021–2024
Product Design Lead
Innov8 HubEstablished the Product Design lab at Innov8 Hub. Led design, prototyping and fabrication for accelerator ventures, including robotics and agricultural projects.
2022–2026
Product Manager & Mentor · iFAIR
Innov8 HubDefined requirements, coordinated prototype development and managed delivery across three fellowship cohorts. Contributed to development and mentored founders across health, agriculture, energy and education.
2018
Instrumentation Division Intern
National Space Research and Development AgencyWorked on engineering design, additive manufacturing and robotics R&D. Designed and built a robotic-arm capstone prototype.
02 / Research
Research interests.
My interests include robot simulation and validation, perception and autonomy, simulation-to-real transfer, and immersive environments for technical learning.
Peer-reviewed publication / 2024
Design and implementation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for image capture in enterprise farming.
Ukwueze, T. K., Nwafor, S. C., Ugwueze, K. O., Nnadozie, E. C., Odo, M., Ezechi, U., Chukwuma, C. K., Okafor, K., & Ani, A. O.
Nigerian Journal of Technology, 43(1), 150–158.
This paper grew from my final-year undergraduate project. I carried out the majority of the original UAV research and development; co-authors helped refine the work for publication.
Read the paper03 / Recognition & community
Learning goes
further together.
I support Nigeria’s Robot Operating System community as an executive member of ROS Naija. I hosted Abuja’s first ROS meetup at Innov8 Hub and spoke about the role of simulation in robotics.
Abuja ROS meetupIEEE Metaverse Grand Challenge
First place · SkillForge VR · Innov8 Simulation Team
Award announcement IEEE competition resultsNVIDIA / LycheeAI competition
Top 10 finalist · Zero service-robot digital twin
Watch the demonstrationB.Eng · Agricultural & Bioresources Engineering
University of Nigeria, Nsukka · 2014–2019
Best Undergraduate Project, department award.