Amrita has broken barriers and attained global recognition for its work. With a focus on innovative thinking, integrated research, and understanding and meeting the needs of the future, researchers strive to develop solutions with real-world applications for the betterment of society.
This unique research has developed a resilient low- cost system by integrating knowledge from multiple domains – earth science, communication & networking, analog & digital circuits, etc. The complete system in Munnar, Kerala has been designed to detect landslides 24 hours ahead of time. The system has received a U.S patent and is now being considered for deployment in other landslide prone areas throughout India. The University is officially recognized as a World Center of Excellence for Disaster Risk Reduction by the International Program on Landslides.
OceanNet offers low-cost internet connectivity for fishermen at sea to help stay safe, providing network-connectivity up to 60 km. Each boat’s coordinates, speed, and course is tracked on a land-based server with support included for SOS calls.
This flexible, multiple drug- embedded polymer sheet can release chemo-prophylactic drugs gradually over several months. Acute recurrent brain- tumors have been treated by placement of the wafer-thin polymer sheets in resected tumors. This product is far superior to the current existing product called Gliadel wafers.
Transplant A 19 year-old girl received an upper double-arm transplant from a male donor at Amrita Hospital. The procedure was India’s and Asia’s first upper arm double-hand transplant and only the 9th ever to be performed successfully in the world. This was also the first time in the world that a male donor’s hands were transplanted onto a female recipient.
As there is a severe shortage in human coconut tree climbers, there is a dire need to help the coconut tree farmers and the consumers who are suffering a lot due to inability to harvest coconuts in time, which has led to severe increase in price of coconuts. Given this real-world challenge, students and faculty designed and developed Amaran – a coconut tree climbing robot to help farmers pluck coconuts. The innovation has been filed for a patent and received the Best Mechanical Design Award.
Haptic technology as a modality takes advantage of the sense of human touch by applying forces and vibrations to provide life-like experiences to the user. Pioneering contributions in the area of haptic systems for skill assessment and guidance for applications such as vocational education and training, physical rehabilitation, and medical simulation. Specific research areas include haptic rendering, haptic devices, haptic guidance, and shared control schemes for haptic simulation.