robotics

“He’s been watching the news with us for the past few weeks and understood that hand hygiene was crucial to prevent the epidemic. That’s when he came up with the idea of making a sanitiser dispensing robot."

“A little research revealed that every year over 40,000 people in India lose their upper arms, and 85 per cent of them continue to live without any solution. And, the majority come from economically underprivileged sections."

Doctors have conducted the procedure for free "out of love and affection," says Dr Patel, although its costs weren't revealed.

“Most of the times children are either new to the field of robotics or are in the process of learning about it. Time is limited, so we have to simultaneously work on all aspects, which includes research and development, programming, building, construction and mechanics."

Though there are already technology present to control the cockroaches, the microcircuit developed here offers a great degree of freedom in movement than conventional designed ones.

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!

Christened as the ‘robo coastal observer’ (RCO), this life-saving innovation can be operated from the shore with the assistance of a remote control.

“I built my first robot that could navigate around the house without bumping into any obstacles. That night a realisation hit me—it isn’t really that difficult to make things, and that was how I was initiated into the world of robotics.”

Sridhar P, a teacher and mentor to students in a Bengaluru government school, was not going to let the lack of funds stop a group of talented students from participating in a robotics competition in Japan.

Around 140 virtual labs have been set up in these institutions to help students from various disciplines, such as electronics and robotics, to make up for the lack of physical labs.