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Nigerian-American Engineer Debuts World's First Braid-Assist Robot HaloBraid
Nigerian-American engineer Yinka Ogunbiyi has developed HaloBraid, the world’s first braid-assist robot designed to ease stylists’ physical strain and cut braiding time, with a seed funding round of about $7 million and more than 7,000 salons waitlisted ahead of commercial rollout. The project frames HaloBraid as a cobot that augments professional braiders rather than replacing them, backed by significant investment and recognition of American innovation with global impact.
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Nigerian Americans are Americans who are of Nigerian ancestry. The number of Nigerian immigrants residing in the United States is rapidly growing, expanding from a small 1980 population of 25,000. The 2024 American Community Survey (ACS) estimated that 858,236 residents of the US were of Nigerian ancestry. The 2012–2016 ACS placed the Nigerian-born population at 277,000.

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