This farmer grows robots
By Jia Hepeng (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-07-07 09:05 "I got a rechargeable battery-like tube for a very low price from a recycling
shop, thinking I could save money," Wu said.
Different kinds of robots made by Wu Yulu.
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But he did not understand the
English warning on the tube, and "when I tested the tube, it exploded in my
hands. I remember a big fireball suddenly burst out, and I lost my
memory."
Luckily, neighbours rushed him to hospital. His memory returned,
but the scars on his hands and arms and the pain he frequently feels in his
wrists will last forever.
Another fire broke out in 1999 when Wu
left a transformer unattended to repair a piece of farm machinery.
"Just
as I was enjoying the praise for my skills in repairing, someone rushed in and
said: 'Wu, your home is on fire,'" he recalled.
It was too late. No one
was injured, but all six rooms with his belongings, including some robots, were
destroyed.
"I was left with nothing," Wu said.
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