Form Six students Wakkar Chan Chi-hong and Roy Lao U-lon drew inspiration from the movie King Kong to design a prize-winning dancing chimp.
Their invention, controlled by a computer programme they wrote themselves, recently won second prize in this year's Macau Youth Robot Contest.
The agile chimp can kick, wave, kneel and even somersault, all to the rhythm of Aqua's Tarzan and Jane, but the imaginative duo from Pui Va Secondary School say that too much creativity cost them the first prize.
'We aimed for very difficult moves, such as lying down and then getting it back on its feet,' said Wakkar. 'The champion robot did simple moves with greater stability.'
Even so, they don't regret trying to be creative.
'All the other contestants made naked robots, but we wanted to build a livelier one,' said Wakkar proudly.
'I was influenced by the movie King Kong, which showed the sentimental side of a gorilla.'
