ederal Polytechnic Bida Female student constructs automatic gate control as HNDII project

Ufurum Precious Chichi, an Electrical Engineering student at the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, has constructed an automatic gate control.

A female Electrical Engineering student at the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Ufurum Precious Chichi, has constructed an automatic gate control as her final year project.

Ufurum did the project in pursuance of a Higher National Diploma Certificate (HNDII), Daily Trust reports.

She said her with her invention, which is suitable for banks, parts, supermarkets, hospitals and other establishments, a gateman will not be needed to open the gate manually, because it opens automatically after sensing the presence of a car or person.

According to the student, the automatic gate control has a micro copula control that works with other part of the circuit, alarm unit, motor unit, power supply, sensor unit that makes the gate open after sensing that a person or car is close to the gate.

Ufurum's project supervisor, Engr. Abdulraheem Abdulaziz, said a Close Circuit Television (CCTV) and counter should be fitted to the control for security purposes.