The AI-Powered Robot Can Clean 12 Manholes in 8 Hours
Built by a Kerala-based startup, Bandicoot is a robotic manhole cleaner equipped with night vision, gas sensors, and a robotic arm. It can clean up to 12 manholes in just 8 hours, replacing what used to take multiple workers over two days, and doing so without risking human life.
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Cleans 12 manholes
in 8 hours: a task that would take 2+ days and 12+ workers manually.
3000+ sanitation workers
trained to operate the robot.
20+ Indian states
and multiple Gulf countries are using Bandicoot.
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