Self-taught Jairon Ortiz put his self-acquired knowledge together and built an excavator that can be remotely operated. Ortiz graduated from the Liceo Ramon Marte Pichardo public high school in El Río, Tireo in Constanza, La Vega province.
He seeks to win a scholarship to study mechatronics engineering but his family cannot afford to send him to school. He said he would like to study to be able to carry out important projects.
Ortiz described his backhoe as a hybrid between electronics and mechanical operation, with the use of a hydraulic system, batteries and electric motors. He said one of the advantages to his project is that it can be operated in difficult areas without putting at risk a human being because of its wireless operation.
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14 May 2018
