Robotic shopping trolley now a reality after boy, 13, drew one to help his gran : VIDEO
Robotic shopping trolley now a reality after boy, 13, drew one to help his gran
27 JUN 2016
BY OLIVER NORTON
Aidan McCann dreamed up a push cart with height adjustment features to help his gran Lydia and it has now been created by the University of Strathclyde
Engineers have developed a robotic shopping trolley for elderly customers based on a drawing by Aidan McCann, 13, who simply wanted to help his gran Lydia
Engineers have developed a robotic shopping trolley for elderly customers based on a drawing by a boy who simply wanted to help his gran.
Aidan McCann, 13, dreamed up a push cart with height adjustment features to help his grandmother Lydia who "isn't very strong".
He witnessed how the pint-sized 75-year-old finds it difficult to carry groceries from the shops and perform other physically demanding tasks due to her height.
But Aidan came up with a solution -- a trolley that "can change heights so elderly people don't have to lift their bags very far".
The school boy scribbled down the idea and it was so good: it won him the top award in a national engineering competition.
SWNSEngineers have developed a robotic shopping trolley for elderly customers based on a drawing by Aidan McCann, 13, who simply wanted to help his gran LydiaAidan McCann has won a top engineering award for his design
And a prototype of Aidan's "Trolley for the Elderly" has now been unveiled for the first time following a collaboration project with a leading university.
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