MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641050542 A) filed by Easwari Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on April 21, for 'bio inspired turtle shell robot for waste collection (Remote Controlled).'

Inventor(s) include Dr. K. Thavasilingam; Balaganesh R; Ramanathan N; and Jayawanth Jishnu V.

The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A bio inspired trash collecting robot with a housing structure of a protective turtle shell (103) is presented. The robot implements a distributed control system composed of ESP32 wireless module for remote operation. Locomotion is enabled by BO...