Start-up demonstrates facade cleaning drone at NIT-T

R. Akilan and V. Sree Aravinth, co-founders of startup Zerowings Aerospace and alumni of National Institute of Technology – Tiruchi (NIT-T), have demonstrated a facade-washing drone at their alma mater that can potentially reduce the time, risk, and human labour involved in keeping high-rise buildings sparkling clean.The start-up, backed by NIT-T’s Research and Innovation Hub and Centre for Entrepreneurship Development and Incubation (CEDI), was launched last year. It has produced unmanned aerial systems for defence and enterprise applications.The facade-washing drone demonstration was carried out on the elevation of the Orion lecture hall on June 11.The machine is a hexacopter-based drone equipped with six high-performance motors, each capable of generating up to 15 kg of thrust.With the…

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