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The three-step peanut butter production plan Finally, they finetuned the idea with their mentor. The peanut butter production is also easy to automate, which the team discovered through Youtube videos. And it doesn’t hurt that peanut butter is rich in calcium and protein,” says Kelwin Chew. The same goes for watering, fertilizing and harvesting. “Peanut plants were chosen because the planting process is easier to automate using robots compared to other plants.

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They asked the farmer for suggestions on how to increase productivity and produce compost, while maintaining quality. They needed a good idea for a project, which came about after visiting a local organic farm in Malaysia. Their project had three objectives: to grow a plant, to process the plant in a sustainable way and to transport the product to famine victims. The three teenagers Kelwin, Tee and Seaw, read about the new Future Innovators program on the World Robot Olympiad™ website and thought it sounded interesting. That is also true of a team from Malaysia, who made a robot factory to help hunger victims – by automated production of peanut butter. A lot of creativity and thought goes into projects presented at the WRO ® International Final. The final concept will be part of the National Final in 2020.

The program was first tested in Costa Rica in 2017. Kelwin Chew, Tee Lian Shun and Seaw Jun Bao at the 2018 International Final in Thailand, where ten teams participated in the Future Innovators program.

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