A 10-year-old girl who wants to use robots to “make the streets of Paris happy” has won a prestigious 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, 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 starting learning how to code on Thymio robots, but I have trouble making it work. I want to join the program so the mentors can help me,” Eva wrote, according to Kat Borlongan, the founder of Five by Five.
In a Facebook post that has been shared more than 40,000 times, Borlongan said: “I am writing to you personally because your application inspired me. There was nothing on the website that said the program was open to 10-year-olds but as you must have noticed nothing that said that it was not. You’ve openly told us that you had trouble making the robot work on your own and needed help. That was a brave thing to admit, and ultimately what convinced us to take on your project.”
She said she had contacted Thymio, the robot company whose technology Eva was using, to help her with the project. Thymio builds motorised robots that are used to teach children to a program by responding to their commands.
Despite asking for help, Eva had already demonstrated impressive technological aptitude. She had 3D-printed bigger wheels and a chalk holder for her Thymio, and coding it to draw a star pattern.
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