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Severin Kezeu is a Cameroonian engineer, Ph.D. in Robotics and Optimal Control, and inventor of a unique anti-collision system called Navigator which is configurable with all types of mobile equipment (cars, planes, cranes, security gates, trains, etc.). Contrary to competition that commercializes electromechanical anti-collision systems, Severin Kezeu’s system is essentially computerized to ease the monitoring and control of devices equipped with his system. As a comprehensive system composed of an onboard computer, radars, sensors, etc., the Navigator can detect possible collisions, as well as be reconfigured from the Internet at anytime.
Source: SK-Solutions
The Navigator system collects information such as the position of the equipment, its speed, the load it carries, its ability or inability to slow down, the speed and direction of the wind, etc. and then processes them to compute the collision risk probability. If the probability is high, the computer warns the equipment operator. However, if it is critical, it is the onboard computer that takes control of the equipment to avoid collisions.
Severin Kezeu’s invention was classified “Key French Technology”, a label reserved to innovations that are considered “strategic” for France. In 1991, he won the National Prize on Invention and Innovation awarded by l’Anvar. This proved that his technology was ahead of competition. As a result, his company (SK-Group France) started providing services to companies like Liebher, Alstom, Bouygues, etc.
Surprisingly, Severin Kezeu was suspected of not being the inventor of the Navigator and was even placed in custody with his wife in France. They were freed because he is the true and only genius behind his anti-collision system. Maybe the skin color of this tall Cameroonian raised racist clichés about Black people who are allegedly incapable of developing highly sensitive technologies! Finally, his genius prompted the French authorities to grant him French citizenship.
Today, Navigator is used in several countries: United States, United Kingdom, France, China, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Cameroon.