Jasuel Rivera, a talented 12-year-old boy from Puerta Plata, Dominican Republic, has landed a scholarship at the Instituto Tecnológico de las Américas. Jasuel, who said his family can't afford to buy the toys he wanted, started to look through the internet and began creating robotics out of what he discovered, Remezcla reports.

He said per another Remezcla report, "I didn't have money to buy one, but I saw one like this on the internet, so I made my own. I liked it so I kept on doing it." Because of his special talent on robotics, he was quickly recognized, prompting the Ministerio de Educacion to support and provide him with a laptop and some materials to hone his skills.

He also said that he can easily memorize the details of certain things like a parked truck and its details. However, if you let him run some errands, it's a different story. He tells the publication, "I forget."

Jasuel's fascination with Blaise Pascal's law on fluid mechanics has enabled the young boy to prove that he can make robotics using water as one of his materials.

According to the publication, he started by collecting cardboard boxes that her grandmother only considered as garbage. Eventually, he was able to add the use of syringes to make his creations work. Using only the internet and books as his guide, he now has 12 collections.

His collections include a semi-truck and a trailer. Jasuel's work are mostly based on construction equipment, but what really makes his work distinguished is his ability to use recycled materials to form and build robotic mechanisms.

Living with his 82-year-old stepfather, Jasuel is able to fund his projects through the help of concerned institutions and recently, the Robotica Educativa provided tools for Jasuel so he can create more robotics. They even asked him if he can create robotics that is able to carry things or do simple chores like opening a can.

He responded by saying, "Now that a man has walked on the moon, nothing is impossible."

Previously, Remezcla reported a Bolivian teenager named Esteban Quispe, 17, who was able to create his own cellphone-controlled Wall-E using his self-taught robotics knowledge.

When asked about his motivation, he simply answered "Who's going to give us food to eat? That's why I am going to build a robot to harvest crops." He also said how he found his treasure on garbage saying, "Garbage is something special. If you search, you'll find beautiful things.