Using robotics & AI to reduce water – Times of India

SmartTerra and Solinas Integrity won the Ashirvad Water Challenge, a competition organised by The/Nudge Centre for Social Innovation and Ashirvad by Aliaxis, in partnership with the office of the principal scientific adviser to the Indian government. The competition, which began in February 2022, aimed to address the critical issue of clean drinking water for all. SmartTerra won 1 crore, Solinas 75 lakh SmartTerra founders (L-R) Gokul Krishna Govindu, Giridharan Sengaiah, and Navaneethan Santhanam Bengaluru-based SmartTerra has developed an AI-powered data analytics platform to monitor leakage, bursts, low pressure and other issues in urban waterways/ water networks and faulty meters. During the pilot phase of the challenge, they identified 11 invisible leaks and exhibited 77% accuracy in localising losses. The platform is operational in Coimbatore, Kolkata, Pune, Bengaluru, the Philippines, and Cambodia. Solinas Integrity founders Moinak Banerjee, Bhavesh Narayani and Divanshu Kumar, with a teammate Chennai-based Solinas Integrity has created a robotic solution called Endobot to detect leaks and contamination in pipelines. This solution addresses water wastage and contamination in pipeline distribution, a problem that affects over 70% of treated water in India. During the pilot phase of the challenge, they identified over 40 contamination points that helped in saving 600,000 litres of water per day. The platform is operational in a number of Indian cities.

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Using robotics & AI to reduce water - Times of India