Svaya’s Quadruped Robot

India’s first quadruped robot and wearable exo-skeleton have been created by Hyderabad-based Svaya Robotics in partnership with DRDO Laboratories – Research and Development Establishment, Pune (R&DE), and Defence Bio-engineering and Electro Medical Laboratory, Bengaluru (DEBEL). 

Robotics is poised to play a significant part in the rapid technological transformation of defence and security. According to a press release, DRDO has taken the initiative to create them locally with the help of business partners like Svaya Robotics as development partners.

Officials from various agencies paid a visit to the Hyderabad development centre of Svaya Robotics, led by Dr. Sateesh Reddy, Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri and Former Chairman, DRDO. He went over the progress of the automata Svaya has been working on with help from the DRDO.

Reddy expressed satisfaction with the quick development that Svaya Robotics was able to make in a short amount of time and noted that collaborations like these are necessary to hasten the development of sophisticated robotics in India for use in both industry and defence. He continued by saying that robotics would be crucial in enhancing troops by giving them the ability to conduct remote reconnaissance.

The quadruped robot was locally created by Svaya in cooperation with DRDO, according to Vijay R Seelam, founder and managing director of Svaya Robotics, who also expressed his company’s happiness to work with DRDO. He said it was designed for unstructured terrain navigation in order to provide remote reconnaissance and inspection in areas that are otherwise dangerous for people to work in. He added that Svaya is creating the exo-skeleton to fit the anthropometry of Indian soldiers and increase their strength so they can move heavy objects without exerting themselves. The Hyderabad-based business creates artificial systems that can enhance human capabilities and assist businesses in production facilities