Robot for manual scavenging

Despite passing laws like the Employment of Manual Scavenging and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act in 1993 (which was revised two decades later in 2013), manual scavenging continues to dig its claws into the social ecosystem of different parts of India.

The idea of creating Bandicoot came about two years ago when Vimal Govind and his friends came across the news that three sewage cleaners in Bengaluru had died due to asphyxiation.