Singapore primary school duo head to global robotics competition with robot ‘buddy’ that monitors screen time


The duo behind RoboBuddies – Elon Chan (left) and Skylar Chua – will be among 594 teams competing in the finals of the World Robots Olympiad held in Singapore at the end of November. - ST/ANN

SINGAPORE: As avid Lego builders, primary school pupils Skylar Chua and Elon Chan found that reading building instructions online was straining their eyes.

On top of this, the next-door neighbours were used to seeing their friends scrolling endlessly on their phones for hours.

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