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State-owned Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) will soon be rolling out the bomb detection and disposal robot called ‘Daksh’ for the Indian Army.
‘Daksh’ is a a two-foot-high, remote-operated, battery-run vehicle that weighs 350 kilograms and is designed to detect and defuse Improvised Explosive Devices (IED).
The ‘Daksh’ robot is being manufactured by Dynalog India Limited, Bharat Electronics Limited and Theta Control. While Indian Army has already placed an order of 20 robots.
All the three companies together would be able to supply two robots a month and the first will take four months to make.
The cost of each ‘Daksh’ robot will be $0.35 million.
DRDO scientists who created the ‘Daksh’ robot said that it can handle IEDs, take it out of a crowded place and scan the device with its X-ray component to confirm if the device is an IED.
The bomb can be diffused by ‘Daksh’ with the the on-board water-jet disrupter.
‘Daksh’ robot can lift a weight of 20 kilogram from a distance of around 3 metre. When operated on wireless mode, the robot can be controlled from a distance of 500 metre.
It can climb stairs to reach hazardous materials and using its robotized arm, it can lift a suspect object and scan it using its portable X-Ray device.
DRDO has managed to attract other agencies like the Mumbai Police and other security and paramilitary forces as ‘Daksh’ can be used in urban and country terrain.
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