Hyderabad, Sep 5 (Agency) All India Robotics Association (AIRA), a Hyderabad based not for profit trade body of Robotic enterprises has announced that it would create one million Robotics by 2025. In a release on Monday, AIRA Founder Kisshhan said the Association is on a mission to make India the largest Robotics and Drones Hub in the world. Taking Robotics to the grass root level and integrating it into every sector is our objective, he said that in the past, we had only 350 startups in the Robotics vertical but now, we have 3700. Some of these include Har Vibhag Mein Robotics, an initiative to ensure the deployment of robotics in every possible area of our life, he said the initiative was launched by Telangana Principal Secretary for Information Technology Department Jayesh Ranjan at a program held in T-Hub recently.
AIRA entered MoUs with several organisations. Some of these include Emerging Technology Wing, Government of Telangana; TSIC for Har School Mein Robotics Laboratories; TASK for Har College Mein Robots Program; RICH –Agriculture Robotics Research & Programs; RTC—Robotics Experience Centres; STUMAGZ—30 Robotics Cohorts; Tomato Media—to produce Robotics Edutainment Reality OTT Show (to be aired onZee 5 OTT Platform); Robotics Labs in Gated Communities, he said. These MoUs were exchanged in the presence of Jayesh Ranjan and Ms Rama Devi Lanka, OSD Emerging Tech Wing, Government of Telangana. ANGEL AIRA, an Angel Fund for Robotic Startups was launched on the occasion. AIRA Grant was also launched. It is a grant of INR 5 to 10 lakh to Teams/Startups/Individuals who are working on Agritech/Healthtech/Defence Robotics.
Slok, a 14-year-old student from Adilabad was given away a Rs 5 lakh grant for his research in robotics using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics to help senior citizens and teens with that product. Nearly 50 students will be extended help and later they will have to exhibit their innovation at a global summit. They will be taken to the international exhibition to be held in Los Vegas. National Robotics Day will be observed every year on December 15. AIRA announced that the Global Summit on Robotics will be held at HICC here from December 16 to 18. It will be India’s largest festival of Robotics.