IIT-Madras team launches new robot to clean septic tanks
May 2, 2022
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.