IIT Delhi and IIIT Delhi tech innovation hubs join hands to build India’s first medical cobotics centre – Education News
The technlogy innovation hubs of IIT Delhi and IIIT Delhi have signed an MoU on Wednesday to set up India’s first medical cobotics centre. I-Hub Foundation for Cobotics (IHFC), the Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) of IIT Delhi and iHub Anubhuti, the TIH of Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIITD) joined hands to build India’s first Medical Cobotics Centre (MCC) at IIIT-Delhi.
The ceremony was held in the august presence of Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, former DST Secretary as the Chief Guest and Dr. KR Murali Mohan, Mission Director of NM-ICPS, DST.
What is a medical cobotics centre?
The planned medical cobotics centre will be a technology-enabled medical simulation and training facility for the young resident doctors besides acting as a validation centre for the research outcomes in the area of healthcare robotics and digital health.
The MCC would facilitate the training of other healthcare professionals, paramedical staff, technicians, engineers, and researchers.
Why is this tie-up between IIT Delhi and IIIT Delhi so laudable?
The TIHs are funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India under its National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS).
IIT Delhi and IIIT Delhi have strong expertise in engineering and have strong linkages with researchers and medical professionals from various institutions in India such as AIIMS and others.
The two hubs are committed to developing advanced technologies in the field of medical robotics/cobotics, digital health, sensing and computing technologies desired in robotic-assisted surgeries, training, and medical procedures.
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