A '1,000 Drones Light Show' will light up the dark skies at the 'Beating the Retreat Ceremony' on January 29, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Jitendra Singh said on Friday.
India will be the 4th country after China, Russia and the UK to carry out such a large-scale show with 1,000 drones, he said.
The start-up he mentioned is Botlab Dynamics Private Limited, which is supported by the Technology Development Board (DTDB) under the Department of Science & Technology (S&T) and incubated at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D), a release from the Ministry of Science & Technology said.
Drone technology has come a long way from delivering vaccines to difficult areas to lighting up the Rajpath during Beating the Retreat Ceremony, Singh said, and added: "The project has been developed indigenously within the country, developing all the necessary components, including both hard wares and soft wares such as the flight controller (brain of the drone); precision GPS; motor controller; Ground Control Station (GCS) algorithms etc."
Secretary, DST, S Chandrasekhar said, to give a boost to start-ups eco-system, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently declared January 16 as the 'National Start-up Day' on the special occasion of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, when India is celebrating 75th Year of Independence and the Government of India's flagship initiative 'Start-up India' completed 6th successful year of supporting the Start Up movement in the country.
He said, Botlab Dynamics Private Limited was financially supported for the project 'Design and Development of a Reconfigurable Swarming System Consisting of 500-1,000 Drones for 3D Choreographed Drone Light Shows'.
TDB's Rajesh Kumar Pathak stated that "Botlab is one of such unique Start-ups, which will play a significant role in taking the drone manufacturing sector to new levels."
The start-up he mentioned is Botlab Dynamics Private Limited, which is supported by the Technology Development Board (DTDB) under the Department of Science & Technology (S&T) and incubated at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D), a release from the Ministry of Science & Technology said.
Drone technology has come a long way from delivering vaccines to difficult areas to lighting up the Rajpath during Beating the Retreat Ceremony, Singh said, and added: "The project has been developed indigenously within the country, developing all the necessary components, including both hard wares and soft wares such as the flight controller (brain of the drone); precision GPS; motor controller; Ground Control Station (GCS) algorithms etc."
Secretary, DST, S Chandrasekhar said, to give a boost to start-ups eco-system, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently declared January 16 as the 'National Start-up Day' on the special occasion of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, when India is celebrating 75th Year of Independence and the Government of India's flagship initiative 'Start-up India' completed 6th successful year of supporting the Start Up movement in the country.
He said, Botlab Dynamics Private Limited was financially supported for the project 'Design and Development of a Reconfigurable Swarming System Consisting of 500-1,000 Drones for 3D Choreographed Drone Light Shows'.
TDB's Rajesh Kumar Pathak stated that "Botlab is one of such unique Start-ups, which will play a significant role in taking the drone manufacturing sector to new levels."