Muskan BhatiaNew Delhi, Feb. 20 -- Robotics, which has become a household name in the age of artificial intelligence (AI), barely made it into the news or entered people's living rooms in India at the start of this century.
Fast forward to 2026. After years of exposure to vacuum bots and drone technologies, children today casually discuss automating chores at home. In some households, cleaning a play area is no longer just a task; it is a design challenge.
The imagination of young minds is expanding. Many want to build their own robots, envisioning use cases from smart assistants to farm helpers. In a country still strengthening its hardware ecosystem, a quiet generation of early hardware entrepreneurs is taking shape.
At the ongoing Ind...