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Perhaps it's time to revise this entry? In the past couple of years she has transitioned from creating bad robots to making actual useful things. This change was partially inspired by her brain tumor and was punctuated by the viral video of the truckla project. An article in Wired magazine (behind a pay wall) says she has "Renounced her crown." Vernhart (talk) 18:38, 25 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Not to take anything away from Ms. Giertz's obvious intelligence and creativity, but I don't think making one-off robotic gag devices can properly be called "inventing". The purpose behind her creations is to entertain and perhaps educate, but they do not seem in any way to be intended or conceived as legitimate practical solutions. Nor, actually, has she invented anything strictly speaking; she's primarily putting novel attachments on a pre-existing robotic device and using them in humorous ways.
I'm not trying to be a party pooper but I think it's important not to dilute the term "inventor" (or any others) in this way as it detracts from those who have earned that description legitimately. --Threephi (talk) 17:52, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The wording is not mine, it is from the original interview in The Guardian. If several well-established sources describe her as such, I don't see any problem. But as you say, her job description feels a bit vague at the moment and her biography is sketchy at best.--Hovastro (talk) 18:06, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Our sources repeatedly refer to her as an "inventor." Dictionaries define "inventor" as "a person who invented a particular process or device or who invents things as an occupation," and she certainly meets both those criteria. I am removing the "citation needed" tag recently added by SPA whose only edits so far are to this BLP and Naomi Wu's. HouseOfChange (talk) 17:40, 18 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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