Emergency Response Sanitation Units with Robotic Cleaning Project

Proposal for pilot implementation of emergency response sanitation units

Objective

• To provide a professional, well-trained, and appropriately equipped workforce for the maintenance and management of sewers and septic tanks.

Description

• Manual scavenging is still a major problem in India, requiring creative technical solutions for effective, secure, and respectable sanitation procedures. The principal investigator (PI)'s group has done extensive work addressing this techno-social challenge, launching the widely regarded 'HomoSEP' series of robots for Septic Tank homogenization. Spin-outs associated with PI's group have developed the Endobot series of robots and AI-driven dashboard solutions to monitor the condition of water and sewer lines.

Impact

• 1 ERSU (Emergency Rescue Sanitation Unit) Unit which includes (Manhole cleaning machine / Robot, Inspection Devices and PPE kits), Setup of workstation, Establishment with channel partners, Report and documentation on the study and deployment.