HomoSEP, a robot to clean septic tank would shortly be deployed across the State. The robot was developed by researchers of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. It does not require human intervention and can be operated above ground by sanitation workers.
The researchers are identifying locations for deploying the robot. There are proposals to deploy them in Gujarat and Maharashtra.
Prabhu Rajagopal of Center for Non-destructive Evaluation and faculty in the Mechanical Engineering department at the institute, who leads the team, said it was in touch with sanitation workers and is supported by the non-governmental organisation Safai Karamchari Andolan. The team worked with Solinas Integrity, a start-up incubated at the institute.
