MIT Pune, IBM Unveil Robot Chintu
The students of Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) Pune and technology giant IBM have developed a robot, Chintu, which would assist senior citizens in their everyday tasks. Chintu, under 2ft tall robot, was developed after MIT Pune received a grant of Rs 10 lakh last year from IBM.
It is powered by the US-based companys cognitive assistant, IBM Watson. Chintu can move his hands and read books to an audience.
"Drawing from Watsons domain knowledge, Chintu will assist senior citizens in conducting everyday tasks such as reading the newspaper/book and generate reminders on their daily medication," Professor and Head of Computer Engineering Department at MIT Pune, Vrushali Kulkarni, told Pixr8.
She added that the students have been working on the project for the past few months. Wh...