A 12-year-old Nigerian girl, Fathia Abdullahi, has gained international attention after developing a laundry-folding robot that folds clothing in “three seconds”—only a year after she began coding.
According to Reuters, the young programmer began coding when he was 11 years old.
Fathia also stated that she created the prototype robot to fold T-shirts since “there are too many clothes to fold” on weekends.
She expects to accomplish much more with her talent if she achieves her goal of becoming a food scientist shortly.
“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 an EV3 brick,” Fathia said while responding to questions regarding 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.”
Despite the fact that the robot was only a prototype, the gifted programmer stated that she aimed to develop the technology for sale in the local market.
Fathia, on the other hand, is not the only one who has used her coding skills to make regular housework easier.
Oluwatobiloba Owolola, also 12, programmed a robot grabber that detects adjacent things and transports them to a more desired area in a similar effort to “make daily tasks easier.”
Because of his former interest in and fondness for coding, the little boy stated that he hopes to pursue a career in robotics engineering.
“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 and wanted to do it all through,” Oluwatobiloba said.
