India, Sept. 18 -- Those who grew up during the 1990s got their first introduction to robotics and artificial intelligence courtesy James Cameron's The Terminator, which featured Arnold Schwarzenegger as the cyborg. Back then, the idea seemed a little far-fetched, but quarter of a century since then, we're getting familiar with both, robotics and artificial intelligence. Thanks to the advances technology is making, automation and robotics are becoming increasingly common parlance. And India is no exception to this rapidly growing technology.

Incidentally, India didn't start off with a bang in this field like its neighbours, viz China, Japan, Singapore. In 2018, there were reportedly under 5000 robotic installations in India, while China ...