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Kamakhya Railway Station in Assam becomes the first in India to use drones for cleaning and sanitation. A major leap for Indian Railways, see in photos!

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A drowning victim must be ideally reached in three or four minutes. Lifeguards cannot swim this fast in the open seas or in a lake. But the drone can race to the rescue!

"From my very first childhood memories, I remember two things—going to the park with my grandfather and going to my small town airport with my dad every Sunday, just to watch airplanes take off and land."

A camera attached to the drone will be able to take HD video images underwater and send them in real time to its operators. With remote accessibility and HD video imagery, the underwater robotic drone throws open a wide range of operations in rescue, defence and research.

What’s truly exciting is the global recognition his technology is garnering. The South Korean army has shown a keen interest in acquiring this technology and Harshwardhan says, “my aim is to save lives – to me it doesn’t matter whether the person is in India or Korea.”

In cities, traffic jams can hold up ambulances, while in rural and remote areas, the condition of roads can affect the response time. Counteracting this is the first-aid drone.

One of the main precautions that farmers take before the monsoon season is to spray copper sulphate to protect the crop from fruit rot disease. However, due to the twin problems of labour shortage and the height of the trees, it is a tortuous task.

Up until now, robotic insects have been developed, but they were never truly wireless as they were tethered with wires for control and power supply. But RoboFly is unique in its own way!

Raj has expertise in artificial intelligence, and building robots is his profession. So when it came to helping out, he took to his lab to put together a device!