In India, airport robots will soon be commonplace. It may be the first time that robots are used for cleaning at an Indian airport when they are used at Trivandrum International Airport in the southern state of Kerala. This is the most recent breakthrough in this technology.

Generobotic Innovations, a robotics business, would employ the robot for cleaning tasks, according to reports in the local media on Wednesday, July 17. Rainwater removal and canal cleaning will be handled by the robot at the international airport.

According to the sources, Adani Enterprises, the airport operator, has come to a decision on this. According to Vimal Govind, CEO of Genrobotic, who talked with the Manoramaonline website, the robot should be delivered in sixty days.

As a "cutting-edge robotic rover designed for efficiently cleaning sludge and waste within large industrial confined spaces," Wilboar is the robot that Genrobotic describes. Some are referring to it as the first robotic scavenger ever created.

Trivandrum International Airport
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Joy, a sanitation worker, vanished last month while cleaning a canal that had been inundated by recent Monsoon rains. Genrobotic's robots were employed in the extensive search efforts. It was not possible to save Joy's life, after many days of intense searching throughout the southern state.

The robots that entered the search area despite the intense rains captured everyone's attention.

The canal was cleaned up by the robots, Bandicoot and Draco, and they assisted in the futile attempt to save Joy. However, the employment of robots drew the interest of the airport managers, initiating discussions about their use in the airport.

Future Prospects and Expansion of Robotic Use

In order to clean manholes, Bandicoot was introduced in 2017. Joy's disappearance site was searched using Draco.

The business plans to use more robots in emergency response and rescue missions in the future.

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There has been prior experience with robot use in airports. Launched in 2018 at Delhi International Airport, RADA is a robot designed to welcome and greet people. Raiding the airport floor and responding to inquiries from travelers, RADA was created by TCS in Thiruvananthapuram.

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