Saint Gertrude High School Debuts “Girlbot” at Consumer Electronics Show

1/8/16—She has a thick pink ponytail, a 3-D printed mouth, fits in a suitcase, and her name is Ellie — and she is the creation of Saint Gertrude High School’s all-girl Robotics Team. Commissioned by Shelley Zalis, Founder of The Girls’ Lounge, Ellie will make her first public appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Ellie is programmed to speak messages of empowerment while passing out information about The Girls’ Lounge.

Students Molly Powers and Martha Anne Hotinger will represent Saint Gertrude’s Robotics Team in Las Vegas, and will join Zalis and Megan Smith, Chief Technology Officer of the United States. “We embraced the challenge, and also had a lot of fun designing and building Ellie,” stated Powers. “The fact that our ‘girlbot’ will be inspiring women around the world makes this so much more than a robot project” concluded Hotinger.