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Students invent robot that helps around house

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It's every household's dream - a robot helper that can take care of all those time-consuming chores.

And thanks to children at a Hong Kong school, it may be becoming a reality.

What is thought to be the city's first domestic helper robot was unveiled yesterday by Form One and Two students from Lingnan Dr Chung Wing Kwong Memorial Secondary School.

Reminiscent of Rosie, the robot maid in the popular cartoon The Jetsons, it uses pads attached to its feet to clean tables.

And it was one of five robots displayed by the children at Sunshine City Plaza in Ma On Shan as part of the mall's exhibition in honour of Robocon, a Japanese cartoon robot.

Their creations were produced under the guidance of the schools panel chairman of design and technology Lau Sai-Chong.

Last November, the students achieved two Guinness World Records. One was for building the world's smallest running robot and the other was for having the most robots dancing together in one place.

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