Child's robot idea earns rich reward
04 July 2016 - 09:28
A 10-year-old girl who wants to use robots to "make the streets of Paris happy" has won an illustrious fellowship designed for PhD students, after her heart-warming application charmed the programme's creator.The French girl, Eva, applied to the Summer Innovation Fellowship run by digital agency Five by Five - and intended for experienced computer scientists - asking them for help with her project to build a robot that can create street art."The streets of Paris are sad. I want to build a robot that will make them happy again. I've already started learning how to code on Thymio robots, but I have trouble making it work. I want to join the programme so the mentors can help me," Eva wrote...
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