to ‘roboholes’!
Arun George
Vimal Govind MK
Rashid K
Nikhil NP
Founder
Vimal Govind
Rashid K
Company GenRobotics Innovations Pvt. Ltd.
Certifications CE, ISO, IP67
Website https://www.genrobotics.org/
Partnered with AMF 2019
Sector Robotic scavenging
Headquarters Thiruvananthapuram, India
Founded 2017
One manual scavenger dies every 5 days in India
Manual scavenging – in cities, often visible as manhole cleaning – is one of the worst professions in the world. Not only are the working and living conditions of scavengers appalling, they also have dire consequences on their health and livelihood. Although manual scavenging is legally banned in India, four or five people die on the job every month, most manual scavengers don’t live beyond the age of 30. For them and their families, social oppression and extreme exclusion have been long-standing issues.
Bandicoot- world's first robotic scavenger!
Bandicoot is a robotic scavenger that enters and cleans sewage holes. It not only performs all tasks that a human can, but this versatile bot is well equipped to have more reachability and more grabbing area to clean all kinds of manholes. Bandicoot not only turns ‘manholes’ to ‘roboholes’ but also offers dignity of labour to the manual scavengers, empowering them to become ‘robot operators’!
Impact
1
States in India
1
Rehabilitated sanitation Workers
Scale
Bandicoot is successfully serving in multiple municipal corporations across 20 different states of India
Government and NGO Partnerships
