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Why the humanoid robot could soon be your new best Mitra
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A robot called Mitra greeted PM Modi and Ivanka Trump at Hyderabad’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit. We could see more Mitra-like robots soon
Mitra: The Humanoid robot
‘Mitra’, the humanoid robot that greeted Prime Minister of India and Ivanka Trump at the inauguration of the 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), has been developed by a Bengaluru-based start-up Invento Robotics
- The company was founded by BalajiVishwanathan in 2016
- Made of fibre-reinforced plastic, the five foot-tall humanoid is capable of face and speech recognition and can interact with human beings smartly
- Deployed at Canara Bank: It is already deployed at the Canara Bank’s main branch at J C Road in Bengaluru, where it assists customers. Invento Robotics, which researched and built the robot, sells and rents out its robots for events and functions
‘Mitra’ can automate your opening an account. Typically, one’d have to stand in a queue at a counter, fill in forms and give photographs to open an account and get a passbook. Mitra will greet the customer, take their photo, Aadhaarcard details, etc., store these in the bank’s database and in five or six minutes, request the customer to collect their passbook from a specified counter. It makes it that easy
- Depending on the requirement, the company customizes robots accordingly. The humanoid also has a touch screen on its chest which can be used to interact where speech is not possible. On a single charge, it can work upto eight hours. It can also understand multiple languages
