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Inventor | Dinesh Kunwar Patel |
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Country | India |
Year of creation | 2020 |
Type | Humanoid Robot |
Purpose | Social and Educational Robot |
Robot Shalu is a homemade, social and educational humanoid robot [1] [2] developed by Dinesh Kunwar Patel, [3] [4] an Indian Kendriya Vidyalaya Computer Science teacher from Mumbai. [5] [6] It was built using waste materials, [7] [8] and can speak 47 languages (9 Indian and 38 foreign). [9] [10]
Shalu has been recognized by Danik Bhaskar, Vaartha, TIME magazine, and Hindustan News. [11] [12] [13] Shalu is also among top 5 trending Indian robots in the global Tech Market. [14] [15] [16] [ unreliable source? ]
Shalu's creator, Dinesh Patel cites the 2010 film Enthiran [17] and Hanson Robotics' humanoid robot, Sophia, as his prime motivation for building the robot. He worked on the robot for 3 years. [18] [19] The first version of the robot was introduced to the world on 23 Nov 2020 by means of a telecast on DD News. [20]
The robot is made at home using waste materials [21] as well as aluminum, plastic, cardboard, wood, newspapers, and other things readily available in the local market. [22] No 3D-printed components are used and the cost is low, around ₹ 50,000 Indian rupees ($675, €572). [23] Shalu's intelligent software is designed and developed using open-source libraries like TensorFlow and NLTK. [20] by Patel. Work on the development of the next version of the robot Shalu is currently in progress. [24] [25]
The name "Shalu” is an acronym. ‘S’ for Scientifically and technically, ‘H’ for Highly reciprocal, ‘A’ for Advanced Humanoid, ‘L’ for Language communicator, ‘U’ for Uniquely designed means, Scientifically designed, Uniquely and highly Advanced Language communicator Humanoid. [1]
It is reported that Shalu can speak in 9 Indian (Hindi, Bhojpuri, Bengali, Guajarati, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Nepali) and 38 foreign languages (including English, Japanese, German, French, Italian, Chinese, Spanish). [26]
She can recognize people and remember them as well as identify many common objects. [4] She can not only understand human emotions like anger, happiness, laughter, jealousy etc. but can also behave accordingly. [27] Shalu can greet people, shake hands, recite poems. [28] She can answer factual questions and engage in casual conversations based on the script, by using Artificial Intelligence to understand the meaning of the conversation, [26] solve simple math [29] problems related to Time-Speed-Distance, Simple/Compound Interest, LCM/GCF, Factors, Prime numbers, Armstrong numbers, etc., [26] [30] conduct verbal quizzes and interviews. [25] Shalu can forecast weather for the current and next 10 days of any place/location, readout horoscopes based on date of birth, [26] current news, recipes, [31] book reviews, movies reviews and product description. She knows a range of subjects like Physics, Chemistry, General Knowledge, [29] History and Geography, etc. [30] and is capable to give lectures / presentations in the classroom as well as seminars. [26] [30]
Shalu can be used as a robot teacher in schools to give a lecture in the classroom based on an uploaded Power-Point Presentation, developed by a human teacher, [32] answer the queries of students, ask them questions and determine the correctness of given answers too. [33] [34] She can work as receptionist to respond to customer queries verbally as well as e-mail and SMS. [32] It can be used as a talking companion to senior citizens and a learning companion for young children too. [20] [35]
Robot Shalu is dedicated to Indian daughters towards Beti Bachao Beti Padhao [4] [36] mission, and this creation is a tiny step toward Atmanirbhar Bharat. [37] and Digital India Mission. [38]
Ministry of Education, Govt. of India [39] as well as the then Education Minister of India Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' tweeted about Robot Shalu on 20 March 2021 and verified the above said facts about Robot's linguistic capability and materials used. [40]
Robot Shalu has been included in the syllabus of the Artificial Intelligence subject of class 9 by CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education), and in the Computer syllabus of class 6 by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan. [11] [12]
Shalu is the world's first Robot Teacher to teach more than 6 subjects in 47 different languages, [49] [50] and presently she is teaching from classes 6 to 11 in a Kendriya Vidyalaya of Mumbai, India. [51] [52] Robot Shalu's teaching in the classroom has been inspected by the Principal of the school and expressed that the use of technology in education will give a boost to Teaching Learning Process (TLP) to produce better learning outcomes. [52] [53]
Robot Shalu and her creator Dinesh Patel on 25 March 2021 were awarded by Jagranjosh.com for the Best Innovation in Science and Technology with "Jagran Josh Education Award 2021" by the Education Minister of India Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'. [30] [54]
Dinesh said “I am keen to make it more beneficial for the students in impoverished communities. There are tens of thousands of children yet to make it to schools across India. I am targeting that to help such children who are willing to study but can't afford it. [55] Shalu can be an example and a source of inspiration for young, energetic future scientists who fall behind due to a lack of support and encouragement." [25] He also mentioned that "Robotics Research can be done at home as a hobby in absence of sophisticated Robotics Laboratories with Passion, Hard work, and Regularity." [56]
Ministry of Corporate Affairs of India, Ministry of Education of India, Vigyan Prasar, Ministry of Science and Technology of India, and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) (Govt. of India), congratulated and appreciated to Dinesh Patel. [57] [48]
Professor Supratik Chakraborty, Computer Science and Engineering department of IIT Bombay, appreciated the robot through a letter to Patel. In the letter, he said that it is really a great development. Such a robot can be used in the field of education, entertainment and several other fields too. Shalu can be an inspiration for the next generation scientists, [58] as well as the Professors of IIT Dhanbad, NIT Durgapur, K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, PIEMR Indore, and other Institutions; appreciated the work of Mr. Patel. [50] [52]
"Pratishtha World Records" - Shalu has been placed in Pratishtha World Records book with the title as "World's First Artificially Intelligent Social and Educational Humanoid Robot made up of waste material", [59] by an Indian World Record agency recognized by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India [60] [48]
"International Book of Records"- Robot Shalu is included in the International Book of Records with the title "Most languages speaking Humanoid Robot made up of waste materials". [61] Shalu is also included in "India Book of Records" [62] and "Asia Book of Records" [63] under the title "Humanoid Robot with Maximum Languages".
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