IIT Delhi innovation hub partners with National Science Foundation, US, for research in cobotics, AI

I-Hub Foundation for Cobotics will provide an additional INR 50,00,000 towards the funding of the cobotics projects for research and development.

I-Hub Foundation for Cobotics (IHFC), the Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has collaborated with the National Science Foundation (NSF), the United States, to expand frontiers in research and development work related to cobotics and associated technologies especially artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). 

The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, enabled the partnership in association with the Indian Embassy in Washington, the US, and the IHFC was identified as one of the most sought-after institutions for the collaboration. Along with the NSF that has released its Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) disclosing the details regarding additional funding for research, the IHFC has also released a Dear Cobotics Research Colleague Letter (DCRCL) sharing the additional funding for their grand projects. 

“IHFC will provide an additional INR 50,00,000 towards the funding of the cobotics projects for research and development. The IHFC will fund researchers working in the area of medical simulations, drone technology and applications, healthcare robotics, rehabilitation robotics, human-robot interactions, intelligent sensing and secured communications and Industry 4.0 and beyond,” said Prof SK Saha, IIT Delhi, and project director, IHFC.  

The partnering institutions, IIT Delhi and NSF, have strong expertise in engineering and have strong linkages with researchers in areas such cobotics/robotics, AI and ML. It is pertinent to mention that the IHFC is funded by the DST under its National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS). 

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