Qubots: Mobile Robots inspired by Eusocial Ants
Highly accessible industry-grade mobile robots with a general purpose automated drive unit along with mountable modules that can be customised for desired applications.
Highly accessible industry-grade mobile robots with a general purpose automated drive unit along with mountable modules that can be customised for desired applications.
The Motivation
Mobile Robotics would unquestionably enhance workflows in a multitude of industries. However, they just aren’t accessible enough yet. The industry has found business opportunities in catering only to the needs of highly specialised applications that can be profitably scaled. We hope to make automation through general-purpose mobile robots more accessible to a range of sectors without high capital investment.
Approach
After working with a broad range of stakeholders, understanding their environments and their operations, we devised the proprietary , on which the Qubots are based. Qubots can be tailored to meet loading requirements from 0.5 tonnes to 3 tonnes and with any custom modules while being cost-effective, even at smaller scales.
Developments
Key innovations have enabled us to design a highly modular chassis with dual axle steering. More importantly, our has been designed to work in indoor and outdoor environments, while allows the Qubots to communicate with each other and the Control System in real-time. Through strategic industrial partnerships, Qubots has now progressed to an independent offshoot firm, Qubotics.
My Role
I headed Qubots from 2019 to mid-2020 as an experimental project under Aufenbach. Since the formation of the offshoot firm, Qubotics, my acquaintance Mr Piyush Joshi has been leading the company and I now serve as the lead for one of the Engineering teams and the co-lead for the Product team.
The Team
Under Aufenbach, Qubots consisted of 5 team members. Qubotics now consists of 21 team members.
Status
We are working with the Hubli Airport (HBX) and the Bangalore International Airport (BLR) and our work is being supported by the Government of India, Deshpande Foundation, and the KLE Technological University.
My Role
I headed Qubots from 2019 to mid-2020 as an experimental project under Aufenbach. Since the formation of the offshoot firm, Qubotics, my acquaintance Mr Piyush Joshi has been leading the company and I now serve as the lead for one of the Engineering teams and the co-lead for the Product team.
The Team
Under Aufenbach, Qubots consisted of 5 team members. Qubotics now consists of 21 team members.
Status
We are working with the Hubli Airport (HBX) and the Bangalore International Airport (BLR) and our work is being supported by the Government of India, Deshpande Foundation, and the KLE Technological University.