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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to actually have a personal robotic assistant? And I am not referring to AI assistants like Siri and Alexa. We’re talking about a full-grown ‘Eva’ from Wall-E! Well, that is exactly what the team at DIYA was recently tasked to do. Develop an indigenous EVA, that too within just 14 days! The "Ranger" robot - as we at DIYA named it - was conceived and built at DIYA's R&D labs. An initial prototype was developed and test-launched by integrating it with the other tech exhibits at the "Robo-Tech wedding" of our Founder last month! The task assigned to the team was to make this "Ranger" Robot useful to humans in real-life situations and also have the capability to handle a lot of other potential applications. With a little help from the students pursuing our courses, the robot frame was fabricated using steel bars and fitted with e-bike motors. At the wedding event, the "Ranger" Robot was assigned t...

Online robotic courses are quite the rage these days. But many parents have remained incredibly nervous about what such a course could mean for their child! let us take a closer look so we can understand why they are nervous and how good Online learning platforms really are.  Providing the right stimulation A child’s mind is always drawing in new experiences and slowly building them upon one another. So, what happens if we also give them a chance to learn amazing new things like coding, robotics, and more? It will give their mind something to think about, and even help them develop a healthy curiosity for life.  Amplifying their sense of creation A child’s creativity is a very valuable thing. So how does one go about cultivating it? Simple, by letting them figure it out for themselves. While we can help guide them, we also need them to gain a sense of creating things on their own. This is something that will serve them in future! Acquiring qualities that they need for later Ro...

Learning is an integral part of childhood. Children are always learning, especially from the adults around them. However, their capacity to learn is greatly affected by their daily lives and their upbringing. And as a parent, you have an enormous effect on the same. So how does one go about looking for better ways to help their children cultivate their thirst for knowledge? There are many ways to help children develop their capacity and willingness to learn, but what’s important is that the child must always choose it for themselves.  Help them organize Children are born chaotic and often require discipline and order to do it. However, helping your child follow a schedule will teach them how to manage their time, and condition them to partition their time between learning and other activities for the day.  Inspire their confidence Children are unaware of their limits and thus don’t believe that they have any. While it’s important to cultivate caution, it is also important for ...

Scientists identified 926 "spill events" from two wastewater treatment plants over an 11-year period by employing machine learning. The UK Environment Agency said it was "impressed by the accuracy" of the approach. "We welcome any tool that prevents pollution," the agency said. The researchers, who published their study in the journal Clean Water, trained a computer algorithm to recognize, through the pattern of flow through a treatment plant, when a spill was happening.  Can you reduce water pollution through AI? Clean Water AI uses a deep learning neural network to detect dangerous bacteria and harmful particles in water. Drinking water can be seen at a microscopic level with real-time detection. Wastewater Treatment AI can be used to reduce pollutants in the water which in turn decreases water contamination and scarcity of clean water. AI can be leveraged to detect the amount and composition of toxic contaminants since AI works on optics, which can inc...

Imagine a germ-fighting robot going around zapping viruses and killing those! Sounds like something out of a science fiction movie? What if this was not about technology from the future, but something that already exists today? In this pandemic, we are left wondering when all this will get over. How can we stop the spread of infection? How can we achieve germ-free surfaces?  The 633rd  Medical Group in partnership with Xenex Healthcare Services has created one such robot called the “Saul” using cutting-edge technology to aid just that. It will provide additional safety for both the patients and medical staff. The robot pulsates high-intensity, high-energy ultraviolet (UVC) rays that are 25,000 times more powerful than the regular fluorescent light. Once it detects the RNA, it splits open the bacteria cell walls and kills the dangerous pathogens commonly found in hospitals. Even though the hospital staff wearing protective gear clean every surface, there is still some presence ...

Robots are soon becoming part of our everyday life. Many activities we come across are now being performed by robots. They are designed and constructed (machines) to perform tasks done traditionally by human beings... Robots are widely used in such industries as automobile manufacture to perform simple repetitive tasks and in industries where work must be performed in environments hazardous to humans. ABB Robotics is one such company that is a pioneer in robotics, machine automation and is one of the world's leading providers with a wide range of solutions used in industries like automobiles, research, construction, and logistics. One such robot is gaining popularity, Wireless Controlled Hand Gesture Robotic Arm. They have been designed to mimic human hand movements and perform a delicate task similar to a human arm. The robotic arm can be controlled manually and can be used to perform a variety of tasks with great accuracy. The robotic arm can be fixed or mobile (i.e. wheeled) and...

The government invited bids to develop a chatbot or voice as voice assistance applications like Amazon's Alexa or Google Assistant to deliver e-governance services to the public. The artificial intelligence-based conversational platform is expected to interact with the public in multiple languages, analyze sentiments and intent, collect and analyze data to give personalized experience to users. The National E-Governance Division of the Ministry of Electronics and IT has invited proposals to build the conversational platform that can be deployed on the UMANG platform, which hosts various apps that provide government services to citizens. "The platform should be able to provide assistance with general tasks, including but not limited to availing services of government and available on the UMANG platform such as registration, login, reset password, department service relation information, event, (and) new launch...etc," the request for proposal document said. The chatbot sho...

Final rules governing unmanned aircraft, commonly known as drones, were released Monday by the Federal Aviation Administration, a move expected to open the door for delivery of consumer packages by air. The rules establish minimum standards for safety so drones can fly over populated areas and at night, under certain conditions. According to an FAA statement, the rules come at a time when drones represent the fastest-growing segment in the entire transportation sector. Currently there are more than 1.7 million drone registrations and 203,000 FAA-certificated remote pilots, the agency stated. "These final rules carefully address safety, security and privacy concerns while advancing opportunities for innovation and utilization of drone technology," U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao said in the statement. A cornerstone of the new rules is a requirement that drones flying over populated areas include remote identification. "Remote ID is essential to identify th...

With all the talk we converse about robotics, we realized that we definitely needed to walk the walk after talking up such a big game. So we went all-out in Brownstone Apartments at Nungambakkam, Chennai, India. So, what did we do? We took every model of a robot we ever made and coded them to serve a specific purpose.  What was the goal? On 19th December 2021, we decided to showcase just how amazing modern robotics really is. And even more than that, we wanted to showcase just how well children can code robots themselves. So, we advertised the event by letting one of our Ranger Robots go around the premises and announce the event. Most of the Ranger Bots we used for the event were actually coded and controlled by children, showing the world what our young minds are capable of; far more than we believe!.  Adults got to see some amazing things too! Even adults were mesmerized by the sight of children being able to operate robots, and those weren’t the only robots there either! W...

At Caprice Learning Labs, there was a convention for Preschool owners to discuss a problem that was becoming more prominent. Steps are needed to be taken immediately or we would have to risk our children’s education and mental health.  Would their education have to start late? How will their lack of social interaction affect their development? Will teachers and students remain safe? How can we make the classroom safer? Should we move to digital classrooms? These and many more such questions were on the minds of many seasoned veterans from the education industry.  Is our Future at stake? YES! The pandemic had disrupted the system that students relied on, and this was affecting the younger children the most, as the educational system they would be inducted into is currently in a state of flux. This also touched upon the need for monitoring mental health in young children so as to minimize the impact of any factors that would affect mental health. Something HAD to be done And so,...