Home minister Ramesh Chennithala greets a robot at a stall on the opening day of cOcOn 2026 in Kochi on Friday. State police chief Ravada Chandrasekhar looks on
They are Daksha, a traffic assistant robot, Thara Gen 1, a citizen assistant robot and Daksha Guardian, which can be deployed in emergency response. “We have formally signed the MoU. He added that there are no confirmed numbers yet for the police deployment.
The trials and subsequent deployment will begin soon,” said Ankit Asokan, SP, cyber operations. “Initially, we will deploy it in a few areas, with the aim of expanding the deployment significantly in the following years,” he said. Kochi : The days when police in Keralam use humanoid robots to manage traffic and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) for patrolling are not far away. They also unveiled three humanoid robots which will be deployed on a trial basis in the coming months. The robots were unveiled during the inaugural ceremony of c0c0n cyberconference in Kochi in the presence of home minister Ramesh Chennithala and state police chief Ravada Chandrasekhar. Discussion and ideation part of the project are complete. Currently some of the technology is military grade, and it would be customized and scaled down for the purposes of the state police. The opening ceremony witnessed a display of three humanoid robots which will be attached to the state police as per the MoU. Apart from the trio, Kavach, a UGV, will also be deployed for the police after appropriate trials and customisation.
State police on Friday signed an MoU with a Kochi-based firm to develop robotic technology for the police.