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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The car you see on the picture was not drawn by a human. No! It was drawn using a pen by a robotic machine made by Thapelo Moeti, a National University of Lesotho (NUL) Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics student.<\/p>\n

He calls his machine a CNC Plotter. \u201cNow that this machine can draw,\u201d he said, \u201cI am already developing a bigger machine, 10 times faster than humans that will have a capacity to cut clothes, steel, and wood based on computer drawings.<\/p>\n

\u201d Goodbye saws and scissors! Welcome the Fourth Industrial Revolution! Moeti has made a machine that has left everyone in a \u201cwow-did-he-really-do-it?\u201d mode.<\/p>\n

Supervised by Dr Matjelo Naleli, he built this machine from scratch, sometimes using materials he found at a scrapyard. It was software, it was hardware. It was design, it was sleepless nights, it-was-near-obsession \u2014 as he brought the machine together.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe used to think that such machines were supposed to be made overseas, not right here in Lesotho by a Mosotho,\u201d said a clearly shaken onlooker as he watched the machine draw.<\/p>\n

Moeti said he conceived the idea of building this machine about three years ago. Then he told us what we already knew. \u201cDeveloping something like this in a country like Lesotho was difficult at best and frustrating at worst.<\/p>\n

\u201d But he did it anyway. Here is how. Although he is a BEng in Electronics student, he has a diverse background. Let him surprise you a little bit: \u201cI also have a background in clothing, woodwork, steelwork, and structural design. \u201d<\/p>\n

According to recent research findings, the most innovative souls among us are, usually, the often insulted \u201cJacks of all Trades. \u201d It turns out they are the \u201cMasters of All\u201d when it comes to innovation.<\/p>\n

\u201cFortunately, I have a very skilful and talented brother (Teboho Moeti) who is an artisan.<\/p>\n

So I have learned a lot about steelworks from him. \u201d Moeti also said that he takes woodwork as a hobby. He went so far as taking a short course in clothe-making despite being a student at NUL.<\/p>\n

As he navigated these many trades, he saw serious problems that made him determined to tackle them using his Electronics Engineering skills. For instance, cutting such things as small nice square holes on a metal sheet is a pain.<\/p>\n

Some people even use hand-held tools and the results are always less than desired. The same thing can be said about woodwork. Working wood is usually a manual process in Lesotho.<\/p>\n

The result is that when you see a really good piece of work, you know there is a skilled worker behind it. The problem is, skilled woodworkers, die, so do their skills.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe motho o ne a ja lepolanka eo!\u201d (That man was a woodcarver of note!)<\/p>\n

Woodworkers may die but if their designs remain, Moeti\u2019s CNC will live to reproduce their work. Now comes clothe-making. Well, Moeti knows a thing or two about clothing as well.<\/p>\n

While he was attending a clothing school, he realised something that took him by surprise. A lot of work in clothing was spent on pattern drafting and cutting.<\/p>\n

In fact, most students spent hours and some a few days to properly draft and cut a single design. \u201cThis drafting and cutting was a mess,\u201d Moeti said. \u201cI then imagined how hard it might be, for someone already in the market, having to bring up large sums of clothing designs in a limited time frame.<\/p>\n

\u201d All these experiences got him thinking. What if the idea of cutting is not as difficult as it is at the moment?<\/p>\n

That thought put him on a journey to do something that almost no one believed he was capable of doing. He was going to design and build a CNC machine.<\/p>\n

It would just be told how to cut by a computer and it would do the rest of the job. It was an unbelievable idea. \u201cAre you crazy?\u201d and \u201cWhat the heck are you talking about?\u201d That\u2019s how people reacted as they listened to his outrageous ideas.<\/p>\n

However, his other brother Mathanzima Moeti never ceased to motivate and support his brilliant idea \u2014 not that he really believed it was going to happen but you know a good brother.<\/p>\n

During his journey in developing the idea of making this machine, he only aimed for the machine to reach a stage where it could draw on a paper on its own.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is the basic starting point of a CNC machine. If it can draw, then it can cut almost any shape you want it to cut. \u201d He started experimenting and researching well before this project became part of his fifth year project.<\/p>\n

Already, he is creating a bigger machine that is going to engrave and cut clothes using a laser so that we can throw away scissors. He strongly claimed that the machine would be effectively 10 times faster than humans and that a digital design template would be created just once to generate more clothes at different sizes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m also eyeing the use of plasma for cutting steel.<\/p>\n

\u201d The principle is the same. You draw on the computer, the machine cuts it, nicely, precisely\u2026 for you!<\/p>\n

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