Vietnamese junkbot builder

By at 12:03 am Wednesday, Sep 23

17 year old Phan Van Mam 19 year old Vu Van Thang is a prizewinning Vietnamese roboticist who builds beautiful working junkbots from household trash:

- Vu Van Thang, 19, from Thai Binh province has won one of the five top prizes at the National Creativeness Competition for Children and Youth 2009 for his robot made entirely from items found in the trash.
Recycled robot wins top honor (Thanks, Samiksha!)

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