Rashmi Robot
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| Inventor | Ranjit Shrivastav |
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| Country | India |
| Year of creation | 2018 |
| Type | Humanoid Robot |
Rashmi is an Indian lip-syncing humanoid robot[1] developed by Ranjit Shrivastava, a programmer from Ranchi, India.[2]
History
[edit]This robot was launched on 1 August 2018, 2 years after the start of its development. Its development started as a hobby when Shrivastava's son challenged him after seeing a movie about robots. Ranjit worked alone, without a technical team or research lab.[3]
Events
[edit]In India's Got Talent
[edit]This robot appeared in India's Got Talent season 8.[4][5]
Rashmi appeared on Red FM from December 3, 2018. The robot hosted an “Ask Rashmi” segment where it replied to listener's queries on radio. Robot Rashmi also hosted a show with RJ Raunac aka Baua in the morning from 10 AM to 11 AM and 'Dilli ke kadak launde' RJ Kisna and Ashish in the evening 5 to 6 p.m.[6][7][8]
Gaganyaan Mission
[edit]Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) approached the robot's developer to inquire about using it in uncrewed missions in preparation for India's first crewed mission in space, called Gaganyaan, in 2022. Two ISRO scientists, met Shrivastava to determine if the existing robot could be upgraded with certain simulated features resembling human physiology[9][10] ISRO later developed their own Vyommitra robot for this purpose.
As guest in engineering colleges
[edit]Rashmi was invited to IIT, Delhi in December, 2018.[11] Later Rashmi was invited in many engineering colleges as the guest of honour or chief guest including Government Engineering College, Amravati,[12] College of Engineering, Pune,[13] Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute Mumbai,[1] IIITDM Kanchieeuram and Don Bosco College of Engineering, Mumbai
Features
[edit]The robot delivers lip-synced speech. It makes facial expressions and it can also move its neck[14] in 6 axes. It can display 83 facial expressions.[15] Rashmi can speak four languages - English, Hindi, Marathi and Bhojpuri.[16]
Rashmi works on four layers including speech recognition, APIs and AI through which It interprets conversational moods.[3][15] It has a camera built in the eyes with facial recognition, 3D Mapping and OCR.[3] The Robot also has a functional hand with finger movement. Rashmi does not have legs.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Nair, Radhika (October 17, 2019). "Namaste, says India's first lip-syncing robot". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- ^ "Ranchi man develops humanoid robot Rashmi, Indian version of 'Sophia'". Hindustan Times. 2018-08-02. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
- ^ a b c "- YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "RashmiRobot: रश्मि रोबोट बन कर तैयार, कहा-मेरा हीरो रजनीकांत". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 2019-11-23.
- ^ first hindi speaking humanoid Rashmi Robot I G T 8 Rashmi on Insta/twitter:@rashmirobot, retrieved 2019-11-23
- ^ "Ranchi-made Rashmi humanoid robot is now the 'world's first AI RJ' on Red FM | Digit". www.digit.in. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
- ^ "Indian humanoid 'Robot Rashmi' hosts radio show on Red FM". www.asiaradiotoday.com. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
- ^ "Red FM introduces its newest RJ - Robot Rashmi". Business Standard India. 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
- ^ Deogharia, Jaideep (January 20, 2019). "Isro keen to send humanoid Rashmi on a space mission". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
- ^ "रांची की रश्मि रोबोट मंगल मिशन से जुड़ सकती है, ISRO के वैज्ञानिकों ने किया परीक्षण". m.jagran.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 2019-11-23.
- ^ Rashmi Robot interaction at IIT Delhi, retrieved 2019-11-25
- ^ "महाराष्ट्र में नेशनल टेक्निकल फेस्ट में चीफ गेस्ट बनी हमारी रश्मि रोबोट". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- ^ "रश्मि रोबोट पुणे में बनी मुख्य अतिथि". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 2019-08-23. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- ^ "Ranchi man develops humanoid robot Rashmi, Indian version of 'Sophia'". TechStory. 2018-08-03. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- ^ a b "सऊदी अरब की सोफिया और दिल्ली की रश्मि के बीच दिलचस्प है यह मुकाबला". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- ^ "Ranchi man develops humanoid robot Rashmi, Indian version of 'Sophia'". 2018-08-02.