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Meet this 12 year old who is building robots to save honey bees

Just like any other girl her age, 12-year-old Kavya Vignesh likes to have fun when she is not studying. But unlike many others, she likes to make those moments memorable by creating something that helps solve some real-world problems.


Yes, you read that right. These days, she is busy giving final touches to a robot that has the potential to save honey bees in residential areas -- and for making a presentation of her bot at an international robotics event to be held in Denmark next month.
Vignesh, a Class 7 student of Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj, is part of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious -- India's youngest ever team to qualify for the First Lego League - European Open championship in Aarhus, scheduled for May this year.
Using a combination of robotics and hi-tech components, Vignesh has developed a Bee Saver Bot that removes honey bees -- the species primarily responsible for pollination and honey production around the world -- safely and carefully without harming them or humans.
"I have been practising Robotics since I was nine. My aim in life is to use the power of robotics to solve some real-world problems," Vignesh told IANS.
Over the past three years, she has won several robotics championships (Delhi Regional robotics championship 2015 and 2016) and is now excited about representing India in the forthcoming international competition.
The robot -- Lightning McQueen -- is made using Lego Mindstorms EV3, the third generation robotics kit in Lego's Mindstorms line.
Lego Mindstorms is a programmable robotics construction set that gives you the power to build, programme and command your own LEGO robots. The Lightning McQueen uses EV3 large motors, colour sensors that are used for line following, gyro sensor to take accurate turns, and pneumatics for multi-tasking.
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