Student praised for garbage-sorting robot after international award

By The Nation

 

 

The Association of Thai Innovation and Invention Promotion on Monday congratulated Pathom 6 student Thanakorn Jan-aran of Bangkok’s Wat Pichaiyat School on his garbage-sorting robot that bagged the third-place award at the International Youth Robot Competition 2019 held in Daejeon, South Korea, from August 1 to 4.

 

Welcoming Thanakorn, his fellow Thai youth representatives and accompanying teachers at Suvarnabhumi International Airport, association president Phanawatnan Kaimart granted Thanakorno membership in the association, which would be valid throughout his youth. 

 

He praised Thanakorn’s award-winning robot as a useful invention to tackle increasing garbage – an issue that "affects people and the environment". He also noted that this award on an international stage showed the world how talented Thai youths are, and called for a variety of robots "to help work by human to become more effective and precise". 

 

Concerning the issue of garbage, he said people should be aware and participate in sorting garbage before disposal so recycleable items could be reused and various types of waste could be easily managed and properly disposed.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30374258

 

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Now I don't want to discourage youth (and others) from innovation - innovation is great!

 

But I don't see any robot in that press photo.

 

What's a robot?

 

"(especially in science fiction) a machine resembling a human being and able to replicate certain human movements and functions automatically."

 

Has he developed a human-like robot to sort rubbish?  And if so, why does it have to resemble a human?

 

I suspect that he has developed equipment that can sort rubbish, possibly using electro-magnetism to remove metals such as steel or iron from the rubbish.  Or perhaps equipment that sorts rubbish according to weight or size or some other property of the matter.

 

In which case, nothing new here ......

 

Kudos for his development work.  But black marks for the Thai press for trying to paint a picture that is not true.

 

I'm happy to stand corrected if I can be shown a photo and details of this robot.

 

 

 

20 minutes ago, simon43 said:

Now I don't want to discourage youth (and others) from innovation - innovation is great!

 

But I don't see any robot in that press photo.

 

What's a robot?

 

"(especially in science fiction) a machine resembling a human being and able to replicate certain human movements and functions automatically."

 

Has he developed a human-like robot to sort rubbish?  And if so, why does it have to resemble a human?

 

I suspect that he has developed equipment that can sort rubbish, possibly using electro-magnetism to remove metals such as steel or iron from the rubbish.  Or perhaps equipment that sorts rubbish according to weight or size or some other property of the matter.

 

In which case, nothing new here ......

 

Kudos for his development work.  But black marks for the Thai press for trying to paint a picture that is not true.

 

I'm happy to stand corrected if I can be shown a photo and details of this robot.

I'm pleased you posted this. I too was thinking exactly the same thing about  the lack of details and (unusually) a  missing photo of the equipment - whatever it may be.

Now if only the humans could get the plastic issue sorted..Kudos young man

2 minutes ago, mok199 said:

Now if only the humans could get the plastic issue sorted..Kudos young man

Now he needs to develop a robot that picks up discarded rubbish. Need about 68 million robots for that project.

9 minutes ago, mok199 said:

Now if only the humans could get the plastic issue sorted..Kudos young man

I know it sounds like I'm pouring cold water on his invention, but as we haven't seen/read any details of it, giving him kudos does seem rather premature, don't you think?

No pictures of the robot, because It accidentally killed 3 people at the airport. So security had to arrest it.

It was set on "destroy opponents" so it wentfor foreigners....

2 minutes ago, RotBenz8888 said:

No pictures of the robot, because It accidentally killed 3 people at the airport. So security had to arrest it.

It was later deported on the grounds of sorting rubbish without a work permit.

5 minutes ago, RotBenz8888 said:

It was set on "destroy opponents" so it wentfor foreigners....

It ignored the PM's command to 'order fairness', and went to the default 'Thainess' setting.

Student praised for garbage-sorting robot after international award

Maybe I can decipher the headline for you all, it should have read as follows:

 

A student named Robert was appraised for being sort of rubbish!

 

You just gotta read between the lines.

 

 

I pre-sort my rubbish into recyclables and the rest.  The garbage men dump both bags willy-nilly into the truck.

I visited the website - https://www.iyrc.org/

It’s a game competition, rather than a scientific effort, a good entry into robotics but not a real world solution at this time. However, congratulations on placing well in the competition.

All sorted rubbish will then be burnt, as soon as the rains stop.

1 hour ago, inactiveposter said:

I visited the website - https://www.iyrc.org/

It’s a game competition, rather than a scientific effort, a good entry into robotics but not a real world solution at this time. However, congratulations on placing well in the competition.

 

Thanks for posting the info.

As you say, it's more a game than anything else.

This is the 'recycling' video clip:

 

5 hours ago, simon43 said:

But I don't see any robot in that press photo.

 

What's a robot?

5 hours ago, simon43 said:

But I don't see any robot in that press photo.

 

What's a robot?

 

He dressed up his granny in tin foil and threatened to club her if she didn't play along. He even added an electric extension to make her look the part and it actually zaps her if she disobeys him.???? 

did he write code and logic with visual sensors to ID various objects? of course not.  

anyway keep up the good work kid, it's tough being smart in this country where you are surrounded by copy and paste people like your teachers.

 

https://www.pcmag.com/roundup/341251/the-best-robot-vacuums

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very nice! where is the robot? Why did they invent something that is commercially available for the past 5 years and used by many nations? Seems like they reinvented the wheel! What a waste of time...

7 hours ago, bluesofa said:

I'm pleased you posted this. I too was thinking exactly the same thing about  the lack of details and (unusually) a  missing photo of the equipment - whatever it may be.

looked at iyrc.info about the competition on the 2nd and 3rd of August, and did not find anything but this link:

that is related to this story.

Kindly note the hands obviously using a remote control on the left of the screen during the first 20 seconds.
not a robot, but nevertheless for a young kid a nice effort.

My receptionist and housekeeper collect and seperate all things, paper, cardboard, bottles (both pastic and glass) then store them then sell everything once a month to the local bicyclepeddling man who has a regular route around my place.  Little goes out to the city garbage collectors because they are trying to help a very poor person and want to make a difference.

 

No sense inventing a robot as that has been done.  Also, his comment about showing the world how inventive Thai youths are - based on one "invention" (or is it an innovation - something we may never know due to the lack of evidence to support the claim) - when there are so many who do nothing.

'nuf sed.

1 hour ago, KKr said:

looked at iyrc.info about the competition on the 2nd and 3rd of August, and did not find anything but this link:

that is related to this story.

Kindly note the hands obviously using a remote control on the left of the screen during the first 20 seconds.
not a robot, but nevertheless for a young kid a nice effort.

 

It's an excellent example of misrepresentation, "over claiming" and lies.

 

Which seems very much in line with the ethos of the society into which this child is being inducted.

 

Not the kids fault obviously.

 

 

 

 

 

 

6 hours ago, mikebell said:

I pre-sort my rubbish into recyclables and the rest.  The garbage men dump both bags willy-nilly into the truck.

Then you can be our own TV robot

10 hours ago, simon43 said:

I'm happy to stand corrected if I can be shown a photo and details of this robot.

 

I would like to see that robot at work, untill that video is published i don't believe it at all!

3 minutes ago, Youlike said:

10 hours ago, simon43 said:

I'm happy to stand corrected if I can be shown a photo and details of this robot.

 

I would like to see that robot at work, untill that video is published i don't believe it at all!

The video has been published more than one post above. It's not a real product, it's a game competition using small model robots.

11 hours ago, webfact said:

He also noted that this award on an international stage showed the world how talented Thai youths are, and called for a variety of robots "to help work by human to become more effective and precise"

Quite right too .. Thai Robonurse's are here already .. Soon Thailand will be a leader in this sort of field .. 

 

14 hours ago, simon43 said:

What's a robot?

Ages ago I was dating a girl from South Africa. She told me a robot just changed to green when the traffic light changed. Must be some Stepford Wives thing going on down there.