Researching future infrastructure
MathBrooks Things
Researching technologies for the physical, digital, and environmental systems shaping our future.
We explore ambitious problems in robotics, African language intelligence, climate resilience, energy, and critical infrastructure—starting from conditions experienced here and building for wider relevance.
Research portfolio
What we are exploring.
Active programmes sit alongside research directions that are still being formed and tested.
SOKO A01
Sensory-Oriented Kinetic Operator
A humanoid research platform for dangerous, physically demanding, and difficult-to-automate work.
Explore projectTessera™
An AI-driven, hardware-agnostic intelligence layer for decentralized networks that can adapt when nodes move, weaken, or disappear.
Explore projectIlwimi
Zimbabwe Language Intelligence
AI that speaks our reality—built around how Zimbabweans actually speak, write, work, and reason.
Explore projectneFI
The environmental nervous system of Zimbabwe.
Explore projectEklezo
End-to-End Energy Intelligence
From local lithium to grid orchestration—resilient infrastructure, operating intelligence, and the long path towards local battery capability.
Explore projectHow Things works
Build evidence before making claims.
Each programme begins as a question. We investigate the data, engineering, safety, and operating conditions required to turn that question into operational capability. Programme labels make the difference between active work and a direction still taking shape clear.