The Egyptian engineer, Mahmoud El-Koumi, 28 years old, from Tanta, Gharbia Governorate, received a guest award for inventions in 2021 and a silver medal in the field of artificial intelligence.
The innovation developed by the Egyptian youth was of interest to international news agencies, as the engineer was able to manufacture a “robot” that extracts moisture from the air and turns it into water using artificial intelligence.
He designed the robot to operate in climatic conditions similar to those on the Red Planet, which is known for its saturated weather with high levels of humidity, but it is extremely dry.
Al-Koumi revealed that the Elo robot can extract moisture from the air on Mars and turn it into drinkable water, thanks to its settings.
He said that the robot is called "Elo", and this word means life in Estonian, as well as in relation to Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, and that he considers him his role model in scientific life.
Engineer Mahmoud El-Koumi added that Mars has a high level of humidity, but there is no water, and this robot can generate water with a new high technology, and it is the first in the world.
The Egyptian engineer revealed that it took nine months to reach the end of the design for the robot "Ailo", and that the cost amounted to about $250.
He explained that the cost of producing one liter of water using Elo ranges from 1.5 to 2 cents, compared to 20 cents for producing a liter of water using other technology.
El-Koumi said that he hopes that the Egyptian state will adopt this project, and provide the resources and capabilities for it, through which it can own modern technology to build clean air water production plants.