The robots are coming. to clean up after us
The robots are coming. to clean up after us
ByHemanth CSHemanth CS / Updated: May 12, 2021, 06:00 IST
A worker disinfects an IT company premises
In many foreign countries, airports and retail chains have been opting for robotic janitors to clean and spray disinfectants in public spaces and washrooms. And the covid-19 pandemic has only hastened more to adopt
robots for such work. Closer home, an initative has begun to develop and demonstrate a robotic janitor whose task is to keep a washroom spick and span.
ARTPARK, a joint initiative of
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and AI Foundry earlier this year, had initiated
Drone highways are almost here
Drone highways are almost here
ByHemanth CSHemanth CS / Updated: Feb 3, 2021, 14:14 IST
IISc in Challakere, 230 km from Bengaluru
Drone highways in the sky are not a futuristic fantasy anymore. They’re being readied at the second campus of the
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Challakere, Chitradurga district, 230 km from Bengaluru.
The highways will be exclusive corridors for testing and flying both
military and commercial drones.
Around 1373 acres of land for this corridor has been earmarked and it will have drone ports too.
“A massive drone corridor will be coming up in about 1373 acres of land at the campus where testing and flying of both military and commercial drones would be carried out in the future. Equipped with drone ports and air corridor systems, autonomous flying machines of all sizes including combat ones will be tested here,” Raejus Job a DGCA- NTRO, Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems instructor told Bangalore Mirror.