IIT Delhi received Rs. 170 crores from the DST to set up Technology Innovation Hub for research in the area of collaborative robotics.
IIT Delhi Gets Rs 170 Crores
IIT Delhi: The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, has sanctioned Rs. 170 crores to IIT Delhi under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) to set up a Technology Innovation Hub on Cobotics.
The Technology Innovation Hub on Cobotics at IIT Delhi known as ‘I-Hub Foundation for Cobotics (IHFC)’ has been incorporated as a Section-8 company by the institute in June 2020 with the initial seed funding from the DST.
The four verticals that will be covered under the initiative at IIT Delhi are medical robotics, agriculture and disaster management, defence, and smart manufacturing, the elite engineering and technology school said Friday.
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More than 50 faculty members at IIT Delhi and 50 odd faculties from other universities in India and abroad including Japan, South Korea, the US, UK and others, along with several companies, have already committed to the I-Hub Foundation for Cobotics (IHFC) at IIT Delhi.
.@IndiaDST has sanctioned Rs 170 crores to @iitdelhi to set up a Technology Innovation Hub on #Cobotics.
The focus will be given to technologies where robots can work together with humans to maximize the benefits of human intelligence.
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Through the hub, “robots should be able to work together with humans for maximising the benefit of human intelligence with robots’ precision and ability to work tirelessly in an environment where the humans cannot work”, the IIT said.
V. Ramgopal Rao, Director at IIT Delhi the hub will not only perform research in the area of Collaborative Robotics but also proactively translate the outcomes into products.
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One of the board members of the IHFC S.K. Saha said the institute has already initiated two robotic applications with support from industries to fulfil requirements of the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in New Delhi and Post Graduate Institute (PGI) Chandigarh with respect COVID-19. Besides, it is hiring specialized faculty for IHFC.
“The 21st century has been an age of unprecedented advancement in sensing, computing, algorithm research and development. These advances have indirectly ushered a growth in robotics research and its adaptation in the real world. More robots are being used right now in the world than ever and with the COVID-19 crisis acting as a catalyst, this trend is only going to grow,” the IIT said.
