Diwakar Vaish with Manav at IIT- Bombay TechFest 2015

Manav (Sanskrit: मानव, pronounced "Maanav"/Mɑnʌv, meaning "human") is a humanoid robot developed in the laboratory of A-SET Training and Research Institutes by

Diwakar Vaish Diwakar Vaish ( ; born 23 July 1992) is an Indian born robotics researcher and Head of Robotics and Research at A-SET Training and Research Institutes (2010–present). He is the developer of India's first completely indigenous 3D printed humanoi ...

(Head of Robotics and Research, A-SET Training and Research Institutes) in late December 2014. It debuted at the IIT-Bombay Techfest 2014-2015 in Mumbai.

Technical specifications

Manav is 2 feet tall and weights 2 kilograms. It has a rechargeable Lithium polymer battery. Manav's outer body was designed in A-SET's own 3D printing laboratory and is made of Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene plastic. It has a total of 21 degrees of freedom, two of which provide head movement allowing it to nod and look around. 1 degree of freedom goes to the waist which allows it to articulate the waist movement, allowing for a more human-like movement. The Robot is also equipped with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. It could performs various activities like walking and dancing using human voice commands. It uses a Binocular vision processing, giving it the ability to perceive depth and perspective.

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