Aseyanto operates the "Delta Robot", made from household items like pots, pans and an old television monitor, in Surabaya, East Java province, Indonesia. - Reuters
TEMBOK GEDE, Indonesia (Reuters): A home-made robot designed by Indonesian villagers and scientists for fun has found a new use during the pandemic - bringing food, and hopefully a smile, to self-isolating residents who have contracted Covid-19.
An eclectic assembly of household items like pots, pans and an old television monitor, it is now named the "Delta robot" in a nod to the highly contagious variant of the coronavirus that has ripped through Indonesia.
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