{"id":4744,"date":"2023-03-15T04:49:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T23:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=4744"},"modified":"2025-03-27T02:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T20:40:07","slug":"indias-first-indigenous-quadruped-robot-and-exoskeleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indias-first-indigenous-quadruped-robot-and-exoskeleton\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s first indigenous quadruped robot and exoskeleton"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About India\u2019s first indigenous quadruped robot and exoskeleton:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The indigenous robots and wearable exoskeletons were developed by Hyderabad-based Svaya Robotics <strong>in collaboration with the DRDO Labs<\/strong>,\u00a0 Research and Development Establishment <strong>(R&amp;DE), Pune<\/strong>, and the Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory <strong>(DEBEL), Bengaluru, as technology demonstrators<\/strong> with their design inputs.<\/li>\n<li>Both are <strong>dual-use robots<\/strong> and have multiple use cases in both Industry and healthcare.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quadruped robots:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>They are <strong>four-legged robots<\/strong> that can <strong>walk or run on uneven and rough terrains<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The robots <strong>can carry 25 kg<\/strong> in payload and walk <strong>along with the soldier<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is made for <strong>navigating in unstructured terrains<\/strong> to provide <strong>remote reconnaissance<\/strong> and <strong>inspection<\/strong>, which otherwise are not safe for humans to operate in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exoskeleton:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is developed to <strong>suit Indian soldiers\u2019 anthropometry<\/strong> and <strong>augment soldier strength<\/strong> for walking long distances.<\/li>\n<li>These active exoskeletons, <strong>when worn by soldiers<\/strong>, <strong>can carry heavy loads without expending much effort.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What are Wearable Exoskeletons (WEs)?<\/h3>\n<p>Wearable Exoskeletons (WEs) are electromechanical devices that are worn by a human operator and designed to work in concert with the wearer in order to support and\/or increase their physical performances, ultimately reducing musculoskeletal loads that are not otherwise abated by engineering process change<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/cities\/hyderabad\/2023\/mar\/14\/svaya-robotics-develops-1st-indigenous-quadruped-robot-exoskeleton-in-india-2555845.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Svaya Robotics develops 1st indigenous quadruped robot, exoskeleton in India<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indigenous robots and wearable exoskeletons were developed by Svaya Robotics in collaboration with the DRDO Labs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4744","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}