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This Bengaluru techie-turned-farmer has made India’s first agri-tech robot to battle farm labour shortage
Story Highlights
- Manohar Sambandam, a tech entrepreneur-turned farmer, makes a robotic platform to harvest cotton. The trigger was rice and cotton harvests he lost due to lack of farm labour.
- The cotton picking robot has a tentative market price of Rs 4-5 lakh. The idea is to extend its use to pick strawberries and grapes, as also to weeding.
- While agri-tech robots are a hot area for investment in the west, they haven’t attracted much backing or been in deals in India.
WiSense: engineering veterans provide a platform for Internet of Things ideas
The term Internet of Things (IOT) was proposed by Kevin Ashton in 2009 and refers to uniquely identifiable objects and their virtual representations in an internet-like structure. Cisco CEO John Chambers says the Internet of Things market is poised to reach $19 trillion in the next couple of years. Ram Krishnan and Arvind Padmanabhan are two engineering veterans who have their feet firmly in the space and have started up WiSense to realize the potential of IOT in India.
IoT India Congress recognises top three IoT focussed thought leaders and Start-up in India
The Congress also witnessed launch of multiple whitepapers during the course of two days around adoption and growth of IoT in various sectors including Energy, Business, Security and Healthcare.
IoT industry should have common standards: Teaotia
India should come up with common specifications and standards to compete in the Internet of Things (IoT) business globally, said Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia on Thursday.
This IoT startup plugs holes in your leaky bucket
Ganesh Shankar’s startup FluxGen has developed a low-cost and local Internet of Things (IoT) solution for energy and water management so that you know exactly how much water you are using up for your bath.
Exclusive: Former Snapdeal exec Anand Chandrasekaran backs Uncanny Vision
Former Snapdeal chief product officer Anand Chandrasekaran has invested an undisclosed amount in Uncanny Vision, two people familiar with the matter told VCCircle.
4 Bengaluru startups will work with Airbus to shape the future of aerospace
Airbus offers commercial contracts to Neewee, eFlight, Symbosim and Stelae Technologies, says Indian startups ready to forge global partnerships.
