GENEVA – Johnny 5′s video lasted less than two minutes. In it, the robot traveled along a garden groove, chopped weeds, cut grass and rescued ladybugs.
The performance was enough for Johnny 5 and its maker, 10-year-old Sawyer Rinn, to take home a first-place prize at the World Robot Olympiad in Ontario, California, in August. Sawyer heads to Dortmund, Germany, Nov. 17-19 to represent the U.S. in a Global Championship.
A Western Avenue fourth grader, Sawyer said he named his robot after Johnny 5 from the 1986 film, “Short Circuit.”
Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns honored Sawyer at Monday night’s City Council meeting, presenting him with a certificate declaring Tuesday, Oct. 18, as Sawyer Rinn Day in Geneva.
“I hereby request that you come to my house to fix our oven, microwave …” Burns joked.
On the day the boy leaves for the airport to Germany, Burns said, “When your Uber car…
