Diwakar Vaish

Diwakar Vaish
Diwakar Vaish at IIT-Guwahati Techfest- Techniche 2015
Born	July 23, 1992
Nationality	India
Occupation	Roboticist
Years active	2010 - present
Known for	Developing 'Manav (robot)' Researching on mind controlled robots Creator of the world's first production brain controlled wheelchair
Website	http://www.diwakarvaish.com

Manav is India's first 3D printed humanoid robot, It was developed in late 2014 to early 2015. The robot is made on a multi processor platform to enhance research work.

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).^[1] He is the developer of India's first completely indigenous 3D printed humanoid robot (Manav), India's first mind controlled robot, and world's first production brain controlled wheelchair.^[2][3] These technologies and robots were developed at the labs of A-SET Training & Research Institutes.^[2][4]

Achievements

• He is the developer and the mind behind Manav (India's first completely indigenous 3D printed humanoid robot)^[2][3][4]
• He is the developer of Mind controlled Robots (India)^[2]
• In 2016, he developed the world's first production brain controlled wheelchair which uses the brain's electrical impulses to command the wheelchair. It has been developed for patients of Locked In Syndrome (LIS).^[5][6][7][8]
• He is guest lecturer at IIT Roorkee, IIT (BHU), IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Bombay, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Guwahati, IIT Bhubaneswar, BITS Pilani, BITS Goa, BIT Mesra, NIT Warangal, NIT Kurukshetra, NIT Surat, IIIT Delhi, IIIT Jabalpur, VIT, Vellore^{[9][10][11][12][13]}
• He is the developer of an Unmanned Ground Vehicle named "Versatile" which has the capability of changing its shape according to the terrain.^[14][15][16]
• His work has been recognised by former president of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam & Smt. Pratibha Patil^[17]
• He has delivered two TEDx Talks TEDxJuhu(July 2015) and TEDxIIMShillong ^[18][19] (February 2016)

References

1. ""Robot Show, A robot can read the mind"—a guest lecture by Diwakar Vaish,".
2. Menezes, Beryl. "Meet Manav, India’s first 3D-printed humanoid robot". http://www.livemint.com/. Retrieved 2015-09-30. External link in |website= (help)
3. "India's First 3D Printed Humanoid Robot 'Manav' Launched at IIT Mumbai TechFest 2015". Retrieved 2015-09-30.
4. "New Delhi Institutes Introduce Manav, India’s First 3D-Printed Plastic Robot". Retrieved 2015-09-30.
5. "No buttons, no joystick; please welcome the worlds first mind-controlled wheelchair". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
6. "Wheelchair that operates by mind , Tech , Aninews". aninews.in. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
7. "Indian develops mind-controlled wheelchair". www.inshorts.com. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
8. Newzstreet TV (2016-03-17), 1st mind controlled wheelchair makes movement easy for paralytic patients, retrieved 2016-03-21
9. "Vaish has given guest lectures at IIT-Roorkee, IIT-Kharagpur, IIT-BHU, IIT-Kanpur, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIIT-Jabalpur, BIT Mesra, VIT Vellore, NIT Surat, and NIT Warangal.". Retrieved 2015-10-07.
10. "He also gave a guest lecture at BIT on the same topic. The students found this lecture very interesting and informative. He added that our aim is to train young students in the field of robotics so that they can make robots better than these and lecture at IIT is a step ahead in this direction. Recently similar workshops were conducted at IIT Roorkee, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kanpur, IIT BHU, IIT Guwahati and VIT Vellore.". www.dailypioneer.com. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
11. "with an introduction to Manav, India’s first 3 D printed robot by Diwakar Vaish".
12. "Diwakar has been giving lecturs at various IITs at Roorkee, Kharagpur, Kanpur, IIT BHU, IIT Guwahati and VIT Vellore and Engineering colleges across the country. He started his own institute at the age of 18years. And has been working extensively and he wants to spread the knowledge of robotics to each every student in India.".
13. "Humanoid robot ‘Manav' launched at city IIT". www.dailypioneer.com. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
14. "A Robot Can Read the Mind Says Diwakar Vaish | INDIA CSR | India's Largest CSR News Network". www.indiacsr.in. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
15. "Robot that can read your mind". The Hindu. 2013-10-27. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
16. "Overcoming difficulties of Robots which use wheels for mobility which can get stuck on cannot be used in certain landscapes; the Versatile Robot can walk, crawl or even hop! That’s not all, the Unmanned Ground Vehicle ‘Versatile Robot’ is one of its kind as it can change its own shape according to the situations.". www.techgoss.com. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
17. "has been recognised by two Presidents APJ Abdul Kalam and Pratibha Patil". Retrieved 2015-10-07.
18. "TEDxIIMShillong". tedxiimshillong.com. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
19. BLoC, Team. "IIM Shillong to host fourth edition of TEDx". BLoC. Retrieved 2016-02-21.

External links

• "Diwakar Vaish - Robotics Researcher". diwakarvaish.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
• "Diwakar Vaish". facebook.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
• "Guest lecture on humanoid robots | N.A.P.S – News and Publication Society". bitmesra.ac.in. Retrieved 2015-09-29.