Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based robotics company H-Bots, which earlier built a RoboCop for Police Department and a disinfectant robot under the brand Accord in the wake Covid-19 outbreak, is now building an advanced humanoid robot that can be deployed in hospitals, airports, malls, and education sectors.
The company’s first humanoid robot, six feet tall RoboCop, had been designed to identify a person who lodges a complaint, recognize objects which had been stationed in a location for long hours, and inform the Police Control Room.
Kisshhan PSV, Founder & CEO, H-Bots, told Telangana Today, “We have made more research on the humanoid robot that we built for police and are now coming out with an advanced and upgraded version. The beta/developer version will be rolled out on January 26, 2021.”
This will be a standalone hardware product that can be customized through different software to meet the needs of airports, hospitals, malls, and the education sector, using artificial intelligence. The company is primarily aiming at export markets such as Europe, rather than domestic.
He added, “We will initially roll out the robot for the education sector where engineering students can use it for R&D and come out with new solutions and applications of robotics. The students can develop their own software. In March, we will introduce it for hospitals for telemedicine and other purposes such as making facial recognition of the patients, maintaining patient records, and sharing them with doctors and enabling bill payments.”
This can be used in airports for printing boarding passes, booking tickets, and guiding passengers to the gates and terminals. There is also scope for deploying in railway stations and malls.
Accord Robot
The company this year developed Accord Robot, which is specially designed for hospitals, airports, and offices that can disinfect a room in 10-15 minutes with its ultraviolet technology, provide a self-navigation system, and detect the temperature of a human being at 3-4 meter distance.
“We have started commercial production in August and have received orders from north India.
But the demand has not been up to our expectations. We have supplied about 12-13 Accord robots so far, particularly for hospitals. After the lockdown has been lifted nationally, people have developed a perception that there is no threat and Covid-19 can be tackled, which slowed down the orders.
We have invested significantly and taken a risk as disinfecting public places and hospitals were key to controlling Covid-19 spread,” he explained.
The entire design, artificial intelligence, and development of the robot have taken place in Hyderabad at H-Bots’ joint venture facility in Bachupally. The company sees huge potential in Europe, the US, and Canada in the next 5-7 years, informed Kisshhan.
