In a significant leap for indigenous robotics and human–machine interaction research, the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela has secured a patent for an AI-powered social robot capable of understanding natural language, recognising human emotions, and engaging in real-time conversation. The innovation integrates verbal, emotional, and gesture-based communication, offering a human-like interface at a cost far lower than comparable international systems.

The patent (Patent No. 574589; Application No. 202531022107) covers a robotic system conceived to interact naturally with users across homes, classrooms, workplaces, hospitals, and community settings. Equipped with AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), and embedded vision capabilities, the robot can process everyday speech, follow comma

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