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Homosep Atom: India’s First Septic Tank Cleaning Robot

February 28, 2024

GS Paper III Science and Technology

Context: 

Homosep Atom

Recently, India’s first septic tank/manhole cleaning robot- Homosep Atom has been developed which helps to eliminate manual scavenging.

About Homosep Atom: 

  • Developed by: Solinas, a startup incubated in the Technology Business Incubator (TBI) of IIT Madras, backed by the Ministry of Science and  Technology.

  • Features: 

    • It performs extensive blade cleanings, Solid waste desilting, suction and Storage at one device; thereby reducing the cost of owning multiple assets.
About Solinas:

  • Solinas is a deep-tech and climate tech startup born out of IIT Madras, founded with the intent to solve the challenges that revolutionises the water and sanitation sector and improves the climatic conditions. 

  • Significance of Robotic Manhole Cleaning: 

    • Boost to Swachhata Abhiyan: It strengthens the Swachhata Abhiyan in different corners of the country. 
      • End-to-end solution: It offers  an end-to-end solution to eliminate manual scavenging.
      • Provides Easy Operation for Municipalities by Targeting septic tanks associated with large apartments, housing boards, and individual houses. 
      • Empowering  Sanitary workers: It helped them to clean the manholes from outside and avoid going inside the toxic environment.
Also Read: Solid Waste Management in Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)

News Source: AIR

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