Manipur: A class VI student of Mega Manipur School, Yaralpat,
has made a robot using discarded electronic items, syringes and mobile phone
parts.
Abhinandan Das (11), a
resident of Thingnam Leikai, Imphal West, told ANI, “I was inspired to make the
robot after watching a similar thing on a television programme.” The robot has
been named Meganand-18. “The Robot is being named as Meganand-18, the literal
meaning of Meganand-18 is ‘Mega’ for Mega Manipur School and ‘Anand’ for
Abhinandan and 18 signifies 2018,” he explained.
It took him almost 15 to
20 days to construct the robot. “The robot has been made using discarded
materials such as syringes, Horlicks bottles, electronic items, phone parts,
etc,” he said.