Broken Hand Due to an Accident, Dartadi Creates a Fried Rice Robot from Scrap Materials

Kapanlagi.com - Recently, the internet was once again amazed by a street vendor who uses a robot to stir his fried rice. This story comes from a man named Dartadi, a fried rice seller in Malang City.

Dartadi created a fried rice making robot from discarded items bought at the flea market. His determination made those second-hand items more useful, becoming a means of livelihood in his daily life.

"The materials were bought from a junkyard, discarded items. It was made from a vehicle starter dynamo, and then I renovated the motor myself," said Dartadi at his selling location on Jalan Muharto Gang V, Malang City, Thursday night.

Dartadi, together with his wife Maryam, sells fried rice daily at the intersection of Jalan Muharto Gang 5, Malang City. His name went viral because he sells fried rice using his own homemade robot.

The idea of using a robot came about because his left hand no longer functions properly after an accident about three years ago. Dartadi, who loves electronics, had to adapt due to his physical condition.

"Little by little, I can do things. I can operate the TV, usually I service sound systems. But after the accident, I can't do it anymore because I need two hands," he shared.

Dartadi, who has been selling fried rice for 8 years, admitted that it took him years to develop his robot. Many times the experiment and almost every opportunity is dismantled to find the most appropriate formula so that the robot works properly and does not make the rice come out of the pan.

It turns out unexpectedly, that the robot he made to help him sell became viral on social media and attracted the attention of many people. Here is the complete story of Dartadi and his fried rice robot!

1. The Story Behind Dartadi's Homemade Fried Rice Robot

credit: KapanLagi.com/Darmadi Sasongko

About two years of work, Dartadi started using the robot, but only in the last year he felt comfortable like now. Although he is already very comfortable with his robot, but previously he even completely overhauled his robot because there were incompatible materials.

"If it fails for about a year, every day from work to work again, renovating, not suitable, make again, dismantle again," he said.

"There was no peer like this before, it was all flat. But it became stiff, the rice came out of the pan," he added.

Only recently, Dartadi adjusted his tool to really resemble a hand stirring on a frying pan. When moved, it can be as elastic as possible and adjust to the curvature of the frying pan.

"Finally, I found the idea, the solution is to imitate the hand, finally I can hold the rice. How to make the tool hold the rice, flexible, become like it is now," he explained.

Dartadi's homemade robot is installed hanging above the frying pan and works when a switch button is turned on. Next, Dartadi only needs to add seasoning according to the number of portions fried on the pan.

After finishing, the robot is simply lifted on one side and cleaned together with the frying pan from the remnants of seasoning or rice that sticks.

According to the size of the pan, the fried rice robot can prepare 6-7 portions at a time. But if the size of the pan is enlarged, it can handle more than 10 portions in one process.

Dartadi admits that he no longer faces physical problems in providing fried rice for customer orders. Usually only able to serve 10 portions or 15 portions on weekends, but now it can serve more orders.

(kpl/dar/mag)