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Detailed explanation-1: -Indian Institute of Technology Madras has developed a robot called to clean septic tanks and eliminate manual scavenging in India.

Detailed explanation-2: -IIT Madras has deveoped HomoSep, a robot to clean septic tanks. The robots are invented to stop manual scavenging. Several government and private organisations have helped this project become reality.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has developed a robot - HomoSEP, that can eliminate manual scavenging in India. The robot can clean septic tanks without human intervention. This robot has been developed over the last several years by a team led by IIT Madras Prof Prabhu Rajagopal.

Detailed explanation-4: -IIT Madras’ Robot to clean Septic Tanks without human intervention set for Field Deployment. Indian Institute of Technology Madras’ ‘HomoSEP,’ a Robot developed bythe Institute’s Researchers to eliminate manual scavenging in India, is all set for field deployment.

Detailed explanation-5: -What is the unique feature of ‘HomoSEP’, a robot developed by IIT-Madras? Notes: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras have developed a robot to clean septic tanks without human intervention. Named HomoSEP, the product development was further supported by GAIL (India).