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Bandicoot

Genrobotics is an Indian robotics company; the Bandicoot is a remotely operated manhole and sewer-cleaning robot built to eliminate manual scavenging in India.

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Manufacturer
Genrobotics
Form factor
commercial_cleaning
Lifecycle
active
Website
sanitation.genrobotics.com ↗

Verified profile

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    Sources on record

  • 0

    Tracked changes

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Overview

Genrobotics is an Indian robotics company; the Bandicoot is a remotely operated manhole and sewer-cleaning robot built to eliminate manual scavenging in India. It uses a 6-DOF robotic arm with four HD cameras and hazardous gas sensors, descending to depths of up to 12 m with IP68-rated waterproofing. The operator controls the system from a safe distance, achieving zero human entry into the manhole.

Verified vs. claimed

Verified deployments
None on file
Sources on file
2 sources, view all

Safety record

No incidents on record for Bandicoot.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (2)

  1. Bandicoot - Advanced Manhole Cleaning Robot - Genrobotics · https://www.sanitation.genrobotics.com/bandicoot/
  2. Bandicoot: Kerala engineers who made robot to clean manholes - Scroll.in · https://scroll.in/article/869900/kerala-engineers-who-developed-robot-to-clean-manholes-are-on-a-mission-to-end-manual-scavenging

Common questions

What is Bandicoot?
Genrobotics is an Indian robotics company; the Bandicoot is a remotely operated manhole and sewer-cleaning robot built to eliminate manual scavenging in India. It uses a 6-DOF robotic arm with four HD cameras and hazardous gas sensors, descending to depths of up to 12 m with IP68-rated waterproofing. The operator controls the system from a safe distance, achieving zero human entry into the manhole.
Who makes Bandicoot?
Bandicoot is made by Genrobotics, based in Thiruvananthapuram, India, founded in 2017.
Where is Bandicoot deployed?
No verified deployments of Bandicoot are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
Is Bandicoot safe?
Bandicoot has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-28

Maturity + lifecycle

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: commercial_cleaning

Sources by quality tier

2
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Methodology surface for Bandicoot.

Recent coverage

Bandicoot in third-party press

Bandicoot robot joins Gujarat’s urban sanitation drive - Manufacturing Today India

Aug 1, 2025

Draco after Bandicoot: Robots to help remove garbage - Kerala Kaumudi

Jul 10, 2025

Chennai: Bandicoot Mobility+ robots facilitate cleaning of 5,000 manholes - BusinessLine

Jun 30, 2025