Lok Sabha Question No. 936 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-26
Subject: Robotics Framework
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 936

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 26.07. 2023

## ROBOTICS FRAMEWORK

## 936.     SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY:

Will the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Governments announced the launch of Robotics Framework under which an eco-system would be created for innovation, entrepreneurship and research and development and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the framework seeks to leverage robotics technology to drive growth across the four domains of agriculture, healthcare, industrialautomation and consumer robotic;
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with funds sanctioned/spent to each State till date; and?
- (d) the details of the other progress made therein, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a):    No  sir.  However,  an  Inter-Ministerial  Committee has been constituted to study  global best  practices  on  the  role  of  government  in  supporting  and  fostering  the  domestic  robotics ecosystem. Currently, the committee is deliberating on theStrategy for fostering an end-toend robotics ecosystem that encompasses research & design, manufacturing, prototyping, and adoption.
- (b) to  (d): Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) has notified the Scheme on Enhancement of Competitiveness  in  the  Indian  Capital  Goods  Sector-  Phase-II  for  providing  assistance  to Common Technology Development and Services Infrastructure.To seek leverage of Robotics in Industrial Automation, a State wise list of Projects sanctioned under the scheme is detailed in Annexure I.

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## Annexure I

|   S.No. | State      | Project                                                                                                                                                                                               | TechnologyforRobotics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |   Totalproj ect cost (amount in Rs Cr) |   MHI Funds sanctioned (amount in Rs Cr) | Project Status                                        |
|---------|------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Karnataka  | Setting up of Industry Accelerator by An Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Technology Park (ARTPARK), IISc- namely 'Centre for Advanced Manufacturing for Robotics and Autonomous Systems (CAMRAS) | a) RoboticActuators b) PlanarMagneticDriveSyst em c) LeggedWalkingRobots d) Distributed Inertial MeasurementUnitfor AutonomousSystems e) SoftRobotics f) AdvancedIntelligentCon trollerForUnmannedSyst ems g) FlexiblestructuresForAut onomousSystems h) AutonomousChargingSy stemformobilerobots |                                92.88   |                                  74.78   | The projects are in initial stages of implementation. |
|       2 | Tamil Nadu | Setting up of IndustryAccelerator by AdvancedManufacturin g T echnologyDevelopment Centre(AMTDC),IIT Madras,                                                                                          | a) Structural design of Industrial robotsforpayloads - 15kg,35kg &165kg b) Motionplanningandrobot programmingsoftware c) Industrialrobotswithenda pplications (Handling,Arc&Spotwel ding,Gluedispensing) d) Testing protocols for aggregates androbots                                            |                                15.9    |                                  12.72   | The projects are in initial stages of implementation. |
|       3 | Tamil Nadu | Setting up of IndustryAccelerator by SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur,                                                                                                                             | Robotic systems for AutonomousSolderingandRu ggedizationin Electronics industry                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                 2.2744 |                                   1.8195 | The projects are in initial stages of implementation. |

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