GANGTOK, : Agartala-based CUBO-BOTS is one of the participants of Sikkim Blue
Duke Festival 2025, a three-day event, engaging the students and youth with emerging
technology, culture and food. It is initiated by Lok Sabha MP Indra Hang Subba
at Sarmasa Garden from February 14 to 16.
The
startup from Agartala manufactures autonomous robots in 3 sections, which
include CU (See You) Bots for vision-based point-to-point navigation, CU
(Creative Utility) Bots for generation of creative arts and CU (Cumulative
Usage) Bots for daily-usage applications.
These
types of robots are inline crucially with research centers, agricultural
sectors, payload transportation, mining sectors, civil engineering departments,
and disaster rescue sectors. Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)
serves as the main working principle behind scanning of the environment and
real time simultaneous explored trajectory visibility is obtained from the
visualizer of ROS (Robot Operating System).
“Different
optical and blind sensors are often equipped for source input from the
environment followed by proper static and dynamic obstacle detection followed
by situational awareness and decision making for further navigation. With a
diverse set of knowledge and experience of its founders in the field of Visual
Inference and Machine Learning, CUBO-BOTS offers to develop professional
solutions for various funded projects and provide consultancy to their unique
demands,” expressed the startup’s honorary director and mentor Dr. Suman Deb.
CUBO-BOTS
private limited was incorporated on January 15, 2024. The startup was pre-incubated
in Institute Innovation Council e-Cell and Startup (IICeS) of NIT Agartala,
intended with the purpose of achieving autonomous robot operations. The team
includes founding director and CEO Rapti Chaudhuri, co-founder Tanudeep
Ganguly, honorary director and mentor Dr. Suman Deb and design associate
Devender Singh.
The
startup is extensively working on research robots, which primarily include
wheeled ground robots. The sensors and cameras used in application or research
are A1M8 series RP LiDAR, TF Luna, TF Micro Rangefinders, Intel Realsense D455,
Oak D and Gyro sensors, accelerometer, temperature & humidity sensors, and ultrasound
sensors.
The
key technologies the startup focused on are AI, machine vision, machine
learning and Deep learning, Generative Adversarial Neural Network, Spatial
Attention models and Simultaneous Localization and Mappings Heuristics and
Metaheuristics on Path exploration & planning. These robots are sectioned
under Vision-based point-to-point navigation, creative generation and
cumulative daily usage. All the machines are patented, informed the team.
“This
is our second time in Sikkim, we had represented Tripura at the Startup Govt
workshop organised by NITI Aayog in Gangtok in November 2024. The Blue Duke
festival is a motivation to the students and youths to preserve Sikkim and make
it a knowledge hub. We have come here to meet and learn from others,” said Deb.
Pic:
The CUBO-BOTS team at Sikkim Blue Duke Festival, Saramsa Garden.
