Robots capable of guarding Indian borders in temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius will be manufactured at the upcoming Robotics and UAV facility in MIHAN-SEZ, said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday, citing the patrolling by Chinese bots in place of soldiers. Solar Defence and Aerospace, a subsidiary of Solar Group, is establishing a massive 223-acre Robotics and UAV facility in MIHAN-SEZ, focused on manufacturing Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) drones and unmanned systems. Addressing a gathering after performing the bhoomipujan of the Robotics and UAV facility, Fadnavis said contemporary wars are all about UAVs and drones. “Many of us saw social media videos around three to four months back on how Chinese robots were patrolling the borders of China in place of soldiers.

 

Similar kinds of robots capable of guarding the Indian borders in minus 40 degrees will be manufactured at the upcoming Solar UAV and Robotics facility,” the Chief Minister said. Emphasising that wars are all about UAVs and drones, he hailed the Solar facility, which will be manufacturing advanced UAVs and robots. Fadnavis stated that in the next 1,000 days, the current nature of manufacturing will change completely. “The way the world is changing-AI, quantum computing and the semiconductor ecosystem are changing the manufacturing and technology sector in the world very rapidly,” he added. “It is believed that a very major disruption is coming very fast in the manufacturing sector in the world. In the next one thousand days, the current nature of manufacturing will undergo a complete change,” he said. Fadnavis noted that India should build its strength in the deep-tech field.

 

“The Solar Group Robotics and UAV facility is going in that direction only,” he added. Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said, “Nagpur is going to be the next defence hub in the country and the State Government sent a proposal to Centre to include Nagpur in defence corridor list. The proposal is under consideration and soon, the decision will be taken.” AI and drones are the weapons of future wars and Atmanirbharta on these technologies is the need of the hour for India. We should gain expertise in these technologies not for war but to maintain peace globally, Gadkari added. Solar Group founder and chairman Satyanarayan Nuwal said the Robotics and UAV facility in MIHAN will become operational in a year, and a robot prototype will be developed in the following year.