MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202631043154 A) filed by National Institute Of Technology, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, on April 4, for 'an underwater multipurpose robotic system.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Vijay Kumar Dalla; Kumar Abhishek; and Anand Kumar Thakur.

The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure relates to a underwater multipurpose robotic system comprising a rigid skeleton frame enclosed within a fluid-tight outer shell and a multi-compartment internal housing including a forward sensing bay, central electronics compartment, multipurpose cabi...