This Chinese Robot-Building Farmer is Awesome

Talk about sacrificing for your art. This dude seriously sacrificed:

He started his unusual hobby in 1986 and has continued ever since despite taking on huge debts, being sprayed with battery acid and risking his marriage.

His wife Dong Shuyan nearly left with their two soon after he burnt down the house while working on a robot and went £8,500 into the red.

But, hey, sometimes you have to suffer to do what you love–like make a robot rickshaw.