Skyrim Innovation, a Bengaluru-based multi-technology startup, has developed a humanoid robot which will shortly be commercially available for applications in education and hospitality space in India. Besides this, the company has already developed a smart greenhouse system to grow crops all year round irrespective of the season.
The humanoid, named as 'SkyYantraman', acts as an assistant to teachers and facilitates an interactive learning experience for the students. Children are expected to find this humanoid very interesting as it can be programmed to know exactly what inspires students to learn.
“SkyYantraman is capable of making classrooms smarter without an interactive board. Its main function is to accompany and encourage students to learn. The key purpose of this humanoid is to help teachers present their content inside a classroom. Information is displayed to the students on the screen through a built-in projector. It also has the ability to mimic human actions and respond in real-time to different questions posed by the students on different subjects across grades. The humanoid will also assist the students to learn different concepts such as solving mathematics and also in developing soft skills,” remarked Santosh Kumar Mishra, CEO of Skyrim Innovation.
This startup that came into existence in 2017 has started receiving orders from different educational institutions and the hospitality industry. In the education field, in particular, the humanoid will be able to assist class teachers in taking attendance and assist them with pre-loaded digital content for all grades. At the same time, the humanoid will interact with the students and create and conduct quizzes based on subjects such as history, geography etc. “The humanoid will also be able to answer syllabus oriented questions. It is also programmed for autonomous navigation for indoor and outdoor environment. This humanoid will also have the ability to move and use appropriate gestures when talking to the students,” added Mishra.
In addition to the humanoid, the smart greenhouse system developed by this startup allows individuals or large-scale farmers to grow crops the year round in any season or environment. The company claims that this innovation is unique and it has applied for a patent for the same in India.
The system has a totally controlled environment, wherein humidity, temperature, ambient lighting and other required parameters for the growth of plants are controlled through a software. It also has an electronics hardware within a physical infrastructure that can vary based on the requirements. It has a LED light systems that is used to mimic the solar spectrum to ensure the growth of plants. “Through this system crops grow faster, through longer light exposure cycles as the system mimics the solar movements of day and night resulting in photosynthesis activation. The system has the ability to have more crop cycles per year than on a regular field and has the capability to have more productivity of crops,” remarked Mishra.
The system also has a control system that gathers round the clock information through variety of specialised sensors and activates required actuators and action through a built-in feedback system. It also has an AI-based software that acts as a brain to the system, to monitor the health and growth of the plants. The specialised software of the system also takes images of the crops at regular intervals and also gives information on the health of the crops through Machine Learning (ML) algorithms with data mining software.
