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Mitra Robot (Mitra: a Hindi word meaning "friend") is a Humanoid Robot designed and developed by the Indian startup Invento Robotics, a robotic company in Bangalore founded by Balaji Viswanathan. Mitra Robot made its first appearance in November 2017 at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit where it greeted Ivanka Trump, senior advisor to former U.S. President Donald Trump, and interacted with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[1][2]

Description

The five foot tall robot, Mitra-2, is India's first humanoid robot built and designed to engage in hospitality management and workplace productivity. Mitra can be integrated with a range of CRM applications and interacts with customers using voice. It also received media coverage in 2017 during the Global Entrepreneurship Summit.[3]

Features

Usage

Mitra Robot has been used in banks, weddings, birthday parties, hotels, malls, airports, cinema halls and hospitals.[4] In 2020, the robot connected relatives to those suffering from COVID at the Yatharth Super Speciality Hospital in Noida by means of patrolling the wards.[5]

Events

Mitra robot was used in Tathva 19, the annual techno-management fest organized by NIT-C (National Institute of Technology Calicut) that was held in Mukkam, Kozhikode on 18 October 2019. Mitra reportedly greeted the dignitaries and delivered a speech thanking the Tathva team.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b Bhushan, Kul (29 November 2017). "Mitra: The 'Made in India' robot that stole the show at GES Hyderabad". Hindustan Times.
  2. ^ "GES 2017: Mitra, made in India robot, greets PM Modi, Ivanka Trump". India Today. No. 28 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b Supriya, R (23 January 2019). "Meet Mitra 3, Brother of Mitra Robot that Greeted Ivanka Trump in India". DATAQUEST.
  4. ^ Tyagi, Chhavi (1 December 2017). "Invento Robotics: Meet the humanoid 'Mitra' which declared GES 2017 open". The Economic Times.
  5. ^ "Mitra the robot helps COVID patients in India speak to loved ones".
  6. ^ "Tathva '19 gets off to a start at NIT-C". The Hindu. 18 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Shaking hands, posing for selfies, 'Mitra' robot pulls crowd at NIT". Mathrubhumi. 20 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Workshops at Tathva '19 witness huge turnout". The Hindu. 18 October 2019.

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