Egyptian young and enthusiastic youths have recorded numerous inventions and discoveries. As part of the innovative inventions recorded, a group of young Egyptian inventors have designed a robot which autonomously makes candy floss. This invention has proven to be beneficial to children by making candy floss easier to make and faster to consume.
Reports have confirmed that the team of children, called Egyptian ‘‘Big Hero 6’‘, have won several awards for their robot-building, with their latest invention – the automatic cotton candy-making robot. Many Egyptian professionals in this field are impressed and as a result commended the team’s effort in making their country proud.
Founder of the robotics team, Hossam Zayed explained how the team was formed and how things have worked well for team with hard working:
“The children have been with me for three and half years, we started with competitions. We participated in one competition after the other and tried to get up to national level. And then we took part in national competitions and they were able to gain some self confidence and see that they can compete with other nations. When they came back three years later, they decided to take part in a project specific to them which is the candy floss project.”
Reports also confirmed that the team now consists of four school students including founder Zayed’s son – a programmer, a mechanical designer, an electronics designer and a design coordinator. They meet three days a week after school to build robots and learn everything from programming to mechanical design.
One of the team member said the latest invention was formed from an idea to make robots that can independently cook:
“We wanted at the very beginning to create a robot that could help people in the kitchen. So the robot would be able to cook, not people. We found that hard so we did the easiest thing which is making candy floss. So we got the arms and we made the design for it and the design for the board, the electronics and mechanical parts.”
In addition, the team also hope to one day create a robot that can cook a full Egyptian meal. For further recognition of the works of the team, the young engineers have been invited to take part in the prestigious World Maker Faire of New York in September, an annual U.S. conference which brings together robot designers to showcase their inventions.
The Egyptian ‘‘Big Hero 6’‘ is an inspiration to young Africans. The team has been able to uphold the standard of technology in Africa through notable inventions that are beneficial to many. Egyptians and Africans as a whole are proud of these “special” heroes.
