Many think AI is impossible to learn and something like
robotics too complicated. People like Ravi, however show us that nothing is
impossible with passion and drive.
Many of us are fascinated by science fiction pop-culture. Be
it movies like Star Wars and Star Trek or Marvel and DC characters, we all have
grown up watching them. And in the process, we loved the futuristic plot lines
that were riddled with subjects like artificial intelligence, robotics,
automation, quantum physics, and many more, that explained the existence of the
universe. Now, this is becoming much more real.
Many are fortunate to pursue such technical subjects in real
life and try their best to excel in it. There is another side of India where it
remains a distant dream for children from lower economic backgrounds.
Fourteen-year-old Ravi Patel from Pune is one of them, whose father couldn’t
support his dreams to get him a better education, as he earns a meagre Rs
15,000 salary to take care of his entire family
Ravi luckily got support from Mumbai based Salaam Bombay’s
skills@school programme that collaborated with his school. Ravi initially
started with the basic training, demonstrated his quick learning and made
mechanical robots very well.
IOT steps in
He was then evaluated. After his assessment for the basic
course, Ravi qualified for an advanced level of training where he learned the
art of the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI). Further,
he was trained under the guidance of experts for a month, post which Ravi made
a TORO Robot – a language translator programmed for 15 languages. Ravi then
started implementing his technical knowledge in his independent projects –
IoT-based home automation using microcontroller Arduino Uno and an internet app
to control the electric home appliances in a house. With the system in place,
all one has to do is give a voice command on the mobile app and the system will
switch on and off any electrical appliances, lights, and fans of the house.
Realisation of dreams
Everything in life begins with a
dream. Very often, we are discouraged by everyone around us, leading us
to lose our confidence and follow the tried and tested path that everyone else
follows.
Still, with
passion, we can invoke the power of dreams to bring back our natural buoyancy,
verve and daring. A power that can unfold the superhuman in us all. In fact, as
the digital world is global, we can learn from any skills of the globe and
share it globally too.
Ravi shows us we
all can indeed master the digital world and step into a world that can make
life easier for us and all around us. The digital world is also very
democratic. If Ravi did it in Mumbai, someone else can do it America. This is
the power of the digital world as we know it today which is why we encourage
everyone to master the digital world and realise their dreams like young Ravi
has done.
Ref : yourstory.com
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