Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Manipur boy makes robot from waste



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.

Source:DNA-20th February ,2018