Desi robot made in China steals the show at IT event

Beijing: An Indian robot made in China which could recognise people by their nationalities and guide customers in a bank on Thursday captivated Chinese manufacturers at an IT event held in the southern port city of Dalian.

The five-feet Robot Mitra which was designed in Bengaluru but manufactured in the Chinese city of Shenzhen was presented as a model of merger of India’s software prowess with China’s hardware, Gagan Sabharwal, senior director, Global Trade Development, NASSCOM said.

Mitra is a perfect example of how Indian software and China’s hardware can be merged, Sabharwal said, adding that the agreement helps to bring the small and medium-sized enterprises and startups of both the countries to launch into Internet of Things (IOT) and Artificial Intelligence, he said.

The robot helps identify people at the airports and other places through nationalities or ethnic backgrounds and recommends hotel, restaurants and places of interests.

Its inventors could not bring it to the first India-China Dalian Internet of Things (IoT) Conference as the airlines did not allow its heavy batteries to be transported.

Robot Mitra identifies people at airports and other places through nationalities or ethnic backgrounds and recommends hotel, restaurants and places of interests