REBIRTH - INTELLISENSE AGREEMENT TO PROTOTYPE A MULTI-ROBOT MAPPING AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM
Rebirth Technologies (Pvt) Ltd, a Swedish-Sri Lankan technology startup and IntelliSense Lab of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa entered into an agreement for collaborative development of robotic technology for applications that currently require human operators to undertake tedious tasks or work in hazardous environments. The agreement was signed on the 23rd of April 2019 by Prof. Kapila Perera, the Vice Chancellor, University of Moratuwa and Mr. Subodha Perera, the Managing Director of Rebirth Technologies (Pvt) Ltd.
The Vice Chancellor appreciated these industry-university collaborations intended to generate IPR and for commercialization of advanced technology. The first project under this agreement will develop a prototype multi-robot system that can collaboratively generate a 3D map of a terrain while individual robots will autonomously navigate. It was noted that the software stack being developed by the research team in the IntelliSense lab can also be deployed in other application domains and on a variety of robotic hardware platforms.
The vice chancellor highlighted that the graduates of University of Moratuwa are groomed in a way that they can successfully perform in both technologically advanced projects as well as in teams with multinational collaborators. He mentioned the above point as one of the key reasons for UoM graduates to be highly sought after by international companies. Mr. Subodha Perera, stated that the knowledge of UoM graduates is priceless and the plan is to make this first project, ´Xavier´, to be one of the world's leading autonomous robotic platforms.
The registrar of University of Moratuwa, Ms.W.M.D.P.M Hulugalla, the Head of the Department of CSE Dr. Shehan Perera, the Legal Officer of University of Moratuwa, Ms. R. J. Wanniarachchi, and the IntelliSense Lab research team led by Dr Sulochana Sooriyaarachchi participated in the agreement signing event.
