Fathia Abdullahi, a 12-year-old
Nigerian girl, has begun to gain global recognition after she created a
laundry-folding robot that folds clothes in “three seconds” — barely a year
after she started coding.
According to Reuters, the young
programmer started coding at the age of 11.
Fathia also said she designed the
robot prototype to fold T-shirts because “there are too much clothes to fold”
during the weekends.
She looks to achieve much more
with the skill if she pulls through with her dream of becoming a food scientist
in the nearest future.
“I made the T-shirt folder
because there are too many clothes to fold on Saturdays and Sundays when you
wash a lot. I made it using some pins, some beams, and EV3 brick,” Fathia said
while responding to questions as regards the motivation for her innovation.
“I started coding at the age of
11. I decided to build the robot because that’s the problem we have at home. We
wash clothes and there are always lots of T-shirts to fold.
“I’d love to be a food scientist
when I grow up. I’ll be able to use coding to build so many things that would
help me.”
Young Nigerian coder creates a laundry-folding robot that can fold clothes and grab nearby objects pic.twitter.com/EVdCrSzZFG— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 6, 2019
Although she had revealed the
robot was just a prototype, the talented programmer said she intends to develop
the tech for sale to the local market.
Fathia is, however, not the only
one who has impressively deployed coding skills into easing everyday house
chores.
In a similar bid to “make daily
tasks easier”, Oluwatobiloba Owolola, who is also 12, programmed a robot
grabber that senses nearby objects and moves them to a more desired location.
Move over Marie Kondo! These Nigerian coding kids have built a robot that folds clothes for you!— BBC News Africa (@BBCAfrica) May 13, 2019
Fathia & Oluwatobiloba are 12-years old and use their skills to build robots that help with housework - which definitely 'sparks joy' in us! pic.twitter.com/xcr2Cqc1fn
“This is the robot grabber. I
programmed it to identify the object, grab it and take it to another position.
I started coding when I was ten. I found Lego Robotics interesting that I
wanted to do all through,” Oluwatobiloba said.
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