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But when it comes to hardware building, our ecosystem is really poor.
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#Make visuals great again sky too bright software#
That's when she started to collaborate with Tanmay Bunkar and Anuj Kumar Barnwal, both engineering physicists from IIT Delhi.Ġ4:33 Sarita Ahlawat: Together, the three of us realized that India as a country is doing very well when it comes to software solutions. After working a couple of years in the US she has returned to IIT Delhi. She has a PhD in microbiology but what interests her is developing smart and sensitive diagnostic tools and monitoring devices. One of the drones is now flying near me and what my colleagues here is doing is calibrating the system and qualifying it for the flight.Ġ4:07 Subhra Priyadarshini: This is a day in Sarita's life for more than six years now. And so please don't mind the noise that is around me. They're testing them, calibrating them, getting them ready for the flight. So one constant noise that you hear in our lab is the drone, small drones flying. Her workplace quite literally buzzes with ideas and cutting edge technology.Ġ3:35 Sarita Ahlawat: Very soon, you will hear a drone buzzing around me. But first, back to Sarita, and her team at Botlab Dynamics. Interestingly, drone technology forms a key part of many countries' defense and disaster management programmes as well. Agriculture, law enforcement, geospatial mapping, delivery, photography, marketing, and I could go on. Networking of drones, or 'swarming' as it is called in drone lingo, offers tremendous benefits to almost every sector of the economy. Drones hit the consumer market back in 2006, and have become quite popular. And we have developed a capability to connect more than 1000 drones.Ġ2:34 Subhra Priyadarshini: The first drone was built in 1907, and was called a quadcopter, whose successful lift off was only two feet, but it paved the way for the start of an exciting industry. And it's very easy because a single person is operating. So now you can have very many applications of this technology. When you have multiple drones operated by a single user, it's called a drone swarm. We're going to learn all about how these little flying machines, sometimes no bigger than the palm of your hand, go from the lab to the skies in perfect synchrony.Ġ2:11 Sarita Ahlawat: We are one of the few groups in the country who are working on drone swarm technology.
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That's where all the drone action takes place.
#Make visuals great again sky too bright series#
So what made this eco friendly technology possible? Who controlled these automated aerial vehicles with the utmost precision? On this episode of the Nature India podcast series called, "I am a scientist, and this is where I work", join me Subhra Priyadarshini as I make a beeline for Sarita Ahlawat and her lab at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi. What people saw was the work of a swarm of drones, adding colour, light and pride to the Republic Day festivities of India.
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All of this was made possible through engineering - a nifty combination of aeronautical, electronics, electrical, mechanical and robotics engineering. Then suddenly, a globe appeared overhead and rotated in there, mirroring the Earth's movements. Rashtrapati Bhavan, the Indian president's official residence was lit up in the colours of the national flag. Speakers: Sarita Ahlawat, Subhra PriyadarshiniĠ0:01 Sponsor announcement: This episode is produced with support from DBT Wellcome Trust India Alliance.Ġ0:24 Subhra Priyadarshini: During Republic Day's Beating the Retreat ceremony in January 2022, New Delhi's monuments and skies were a canvas for celebration.