Manhole vs Machine: Can manhole-cleaning robots eradicate manual scavenging?Bandicoot, a robotic machine with “limbs”, HD vision cameras and gas sensors, can enter manholes and clean sewage. It is the flagship produ...
19 Mar, 2023, 08.52 PM IST
Digitalismanic change: A $700 billion reason for India to adopt open digital platforms$500 billion in new value and $200 billion in additional savings is a worthy cause for digital convergence, public and private. The new Dep...
27 Dec, 2022, 11.21 PM IST
Time’s right for hardware, deep tech companies to step out of campus: Solinas Integrity CEO‘Best on Campus’ award winner highlights slow shift towards hardware and deep tech startups.
28 Nov, 2022, 10.41 AM IST
ET Startup Awards 2022: Solinas Integrity wins the Best on Campus categoryAfter two rounds of deliberations and voting, Solinas edged out ClaimBuddy, a Gurgaon-based Mediclaim support startup, in a close contest w...
31 Oct, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Zoho invests in deep-tech startup Genrobotics working against manual scavenging"Nurturing a thriving deep-tech ecosystem is one of the priorities of Zoho and the investment in Genrobotics is part of that commitment," c...
25 May, 2022, 09.56 AM IST
Genrobotic Innovations looking to deploy cleantech solutions in UK, Malaysia, South KoreaIn an interview with ET's Dia Rekhi, Vimal Govind MK, its cofounder and CEO, spoke about what drives the company to focus on manual scaveng...
12 Oct, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
ET Startup Awards 2021: Genrobotic Innovations wins the Social Enterprise awardUsing cutting-edge technology to overcome some of the most deep-rooted social issues such as manual scavenging helped Genrobotic Innovation...
27 Sep, 2021, 10.23 AM IST
ET Startup Awards 2021: Nominees for Social EnterpriseThis award will recognise the startup that best embodies the 'double bottomline' model that combines profits and public good.
23 Sep, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
Robotics startup Genrobotics raises Rs 2.5 crore in pre-series A round fundingGenrobotics has been working with the Centre and state governments with a mission to eradicate manual scavenging from the entire country an...
07 Oct, 2020, 04.39 PM IST
Private players welcome to help bring technology to sanitation sector, says NITI Aayog CEO"Government acknowledges the private sector as a key stakeholder in this sector. Private sector is brimming with entrepreneurial activities...
03 Oct, 2020, 11.20 PM IST
10 social innovators get Infosys Foundation-established awardsThis year, Infosys Foundation identified winners from different parts of the country across four award categories:Health care, Rural Develo...
19 Feb, 2020, 04.43 PM IST
A robot to end manual scavenging? This startup can provide the ‘Swachh Bharat’ we needThe amount of work which usually takes three to four hours and at least three manual scavengers, Bandicoot finishes it in just 45 minutes.
07 Jun, 2019, 10.38 AM IST
Genrobotics to roll out more sewer cleaning robotsThe startup was among the participants of the two-day Huddle Kerala conclave, which concluded at Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday.
07 Apr, 2018, 07.23 PM IST
Despite 70 civic workers' death in 10 years, manual scavenging continues unabated in KarnatakaThe inhuman practice has been legally abolished long ago but greedy contractors and an inefficient police and judicial system make sure man...
20 Feb, 2018, 12.17 PM IST
Robots to soon clean up manholes in KeralaThe trial runs of the robot, developed by a startup company, Genrobotics, have been successfully held recently and the product will be laun...
19 Feb, 2018, 12.50 PM IST
Kerala to use robots to clean sewers, end manual-scavenging'Bandicoot', the robot developed by the startup firm Genrobotics, will be used for cleaning sewer holes.
11 Jan, 2018, 07.51 PM IST
State must take care of manual scavengers, give them helmets, gas masks, Supreme Court ruled 7 years ago"Human beings employed for doing work in the sewers cannot be treated as mechanical robots who may not be affected by poisonous gases in th...
15 Aug, 2017, 08.08 PM IST