Girls at Academy of the Holy Names engineer a robot to help senior citizens during hurricane season
Robot takes pre-storm orders for food, medicine
Academy of the Holy Names
and last updated 2021-05-03 04:35:01-04
TAMPA, Fla. â The robot s name is Alexei Orlov.
Or, depending on who you ask, Dmitri Linda.
Identity crisis aside, this autonomous robot knows exactly what its job is: to help senior citizens prepare for the upcoming hurricane season.
Created by an all-female team of engineers at Tampa s Academy of the Holy Names high school, the robot is designed to self-navigate senior living communities to help residents order essential hurricane supplies.