The New Indian Express 04.11.2019
Spider Robot extends helping hand to manual scavengers
The internet is awash with
posts about activists who occasionally get their hands dirty. Rarely do
people mention about manual scavengers who get their bodies covered in
filth.
COIMBATORE: The internet is
awash with posts about activists who occasionally get their hands dirty.
Rarely do people mention about manual scavengers who get their bodies
covered in filth.
On Sunday, Municipal Administration
Minister S P Velumani officially initiated the use of Developed by
Kerala-based startup Genrobotic Innovation, the spider-shaped robot will
be used by sanitation workers to clean manholes in the city. It was
sponsored by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd and handed over to the
Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation on October 1.
He said the robotic arm could travel through a manhole for up to 30 feet and collect the accumulated sludge.