By Abdul Qadir Qureshi
Another feather was added to
the cap of the Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology (SSUET),
Karachi, when four of its students came up with an innovative product which
could create waves.
The group of four students of
the Computer Engineering department of batch 2008 comprising of Kinza Zafar,
Murtaza Ali, Faizan Mahmood and Noorul Saba, under the supervision of faculty
member Noman Khan, have designed and produced a modern Rope Climbing Surveillance
Robot installed with the latest technology that can transfer luggage and heavy
material from one place to another, even to the high places. They took seven
months to produce the robot at a cost of Rs 70,000.
Installed with cameras, it can
also keep an eye on the goods and activities of human resource. The robot
easily moves through the rope in any direction and it can automatically run by
the remote with fed information.
Kinza Zafar revealed that the
robot can be used in the construction field, warehouses etc. to carry goods and
other material from one place to the other, and also to check the goods and
activities of the persons. She disclosed that the material used in the robot is
although available in Pakistan but it is very expensive.
“The Rope Climbing Robot with Surveillance
Capability can climb rope vertically and horizontally. It can be operated with
the help of remote control or automatically. It has a moveable camera on its
head for surveillance purpose. It has weight carrying and dropping feature. It
can carry pay load of 2-3 kg,” she explained.
“Industries and organizations
can hire our services to produce robot for them commercially since we have
skill and technique. We only need heavy machinery,” Kinza stated.
