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To showcase its developments in the field of defence, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is organising an exhibition in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Scientific Education and Research (IISER).
The exhibition, slated to start Sunday, is being held on the IISER campus in Pune in which, will showcase the Daksh robot, and defence equipment developed by the laboratories of DRDO.
Daksh is an electrically powered and remotely controlled robot used for locating, handling and destroying hazardous objects safely. A battery-operated robot on wheels its primary role is to recover improvised explosive devices (IEDs). It locates IEDs with an X-ray machine, picks them up with a gripper-arm and defuses them with a jet of water. Daksh has a shotgun which can break open locked doors, and it can scan cars for explosives. It can even climb staircases, negotiate steep slopes, navigate narrow corridors and tow vehicles.
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Ramakrishan Bhat, assistant professor, Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, said, that the exhibition is being organised as part of the activities of the IISER to work in the areas of applied science. “Since DRDO is doing a number of activities, we are organising the exhibition to help our students understand the activities of the country’s foremost defence institute,’’ he said.
He said that besides the display from the DRDO the IISER is holding the cultural function as part of its yearly activities.
“The exhibition is open to general people even and will build our participation and interface with the general public,’’ he said.
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=12669
The exhibition, slated to start Sunday, is being held on the IISER campus in Pune in which, will showcase the Daksh robot, and defence equipment developed by the laboratories of DRDO.
Daksh is an electrically powered and remotely controlled robot used for locating, handling and destroying hazardous objects safely. A battery-operated robot on wheels its primary role is to recover improvised explosive devices (IEDs). It locates IEDs with an X-ray machine, picks them up with a gripper-arm and defuses them with a jet of water. Daksh has a shotgun which can break open locked doors, and it can scan cars for explosives. It can even climb staircases, negotiate steep slopes, navigate narrow corridors and tow vehicles.
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Ramakrishan Bhat, assistant professor, Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, said, that the exhibition is being organised as part of the activities of the IISER to work in the areas of applied science. “Since DRDO is doing a number of activities, we are organising the exhibition to help our students understand the activities of the country’s foremost defence institute,’’ he said.
He said that besides the display from the DRDO the IISER is holding the cultural function as part of its yearly activities.
“The exhibition is open to general people even and will build our participation and interface with the general public,’’ he said.
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=12669
