IIT-Madras team launches new robot to clean septic tanks

Article Source: The Times of India

CHENNAI: After years of research, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) launched the beta version of HomeSEP, a robot for cleaning septic tanks, on Sunday.

The tractor-mounted machine was donated to Nagamma, the wife of a deceased manual scavenger in Tambaram. The woman currently makes a living by working as a househelp.

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