{"id":148138,"date":"2021-11-22T20:55:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T15:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=148138"},"modified":"2021-11-22T20:55:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T15:25:50","slug":"can-this-portable-robot-end-septic-tank-deaths-once-it-is-deployed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/can-this-portable-robot-end-septic-tank-deaths-once-it-is-deployed\/","title":{"rendered":"Can this portable robot end septic tank deaths once it is deployed?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IIT Madras has developed a robot named HomoSEP. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"n3VNCb\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.deccanherald.com\/sites\/dh\/files\/article_images\/2019\/12\/20\/file78ghz9mda8010sfzy2zs-1576789477.jpg?resize=520%2C693&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"This robot promises to end manual scavenging | Deccan Herald\" width=\"520\" height=\"693\" data-noaft=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Source<\/strong>: Deccan Herald<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If this robot is deployed extensively, it can put an end to the practice of manual scavenging.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>About HomoSEP<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HomoSEP stands for \u201chomogenizer of septic tanks\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a portable robot that has a shaft attached to blades that can open like an inverted umbrella when introduced into a septic tank. This is helpful as the openings of the septic tanks are small, and the tank interiors are bigger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the sludge inside a septic tank contains faecal matter that has thickened like hard clay and settled at the bottom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence, this needs to be shredded and homogenized so that it can be sucked out and the septic tank cleaned. The whirring blades of the robot achieve precisely this.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Deaths due to<\/b><b> Manual Scavenging<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, in the last five years, there have been 340 deaths due to <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/swachhata-abhiyan-mobile-application\/\">manual scavenging.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uttar Pradesh (52), Tamil Nadu (43) and Delhi (36) lead in the list of deaths due to manual scavenging.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201c<\/b><b>Can this portable robot end septic tank deaths once it is deployed?<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published by<\/span><b> The Hindu <\/b>on<b> 20th Nov 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? IIT Madras has developed a robot named HomoSEP. If this robot is deployed extensively, it can put an end to the practice of manual scavenging. About HomoSEP HomoSEP stands for \u201chomogenizer of septic tanks\u201d. It is a portable robot that has a shaft attached to blades that can open like an&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/can-this-portable-robot-end-septic-tank-deaths-once-it-is-deployed\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Can this portable robot end septic tank deaths once it is deployed?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704826326},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}