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Drone Swarm Technology spreading its wings

Indian StartUp Botlab for surveillance. This would make
Dynamics, a startup incubated surveillance more effective. Also,
at IIT Delhi incubation facility, offense applications can also be
flew 1,000 Drones in the Beating coded in them through machine
Retreat ceremony related to learning, which is the technology
Republic Day 2022. Botlab we are exploring here.
Dynamics has been working on The applications of drones
building robotics for more than are many such as transporting
five years. people by air taxi, logistics,
Our Doordarshan team surveillance, medicine and food
spoke to Co-founder & MD, delivery— transporting anything
Dr. Sarita Ahlawat about their is now possible with drones. I
specialization. believe that drones will become
"We are working on drone even more important for the next
swarm technology. In this, many generation as they are being
drones are connected together, used in every field. Even drones
which can be operated by only will become more smart and
one person which means one operate autonomously. People
person alone can fly 100 drones. will not be needed to operate
Wherever drone is utilised, when them, it will become a humanless
more than 3 drones are used, it is activity.”
called a swarm. Botlab Dynamics indigenously
We develop two applications manufactures the parts used in
of this technology— one for the drone. It is their vision that from
recreational purposes and the software to hardware, the entire
other for defense. As thousands manufacturing of drones should
of kilometers have to be be done in India. Dr. Ahlawat says,
monitored at the border, at that "We also have a desire to make
time it would be better if instead a world record by connecting
of one, 10-20 drones, which 7,500 drones and flying them
interact with each other and also together."
with the base station, are used

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