AI & Robotics Technology Park (ART PARK)

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AI & Robotics Technology Park (ART PARK) to boost R&D and Technology innovations

A brief note on the issue

ART PARK setup by IISc Bengaluru will work towards enabling development of technologies and products along with significant participation in line with India’s push for self-reliance
It will promote technology innovations in intelligence (AI) and robotics leading to societal impact by executing mission mode R&D projects in healthcare, education, mobility, infrastructure, agriculture, retail and cyber security, focusing on problems unique to India

About Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Technology Park (ART PARK)

ARTPARK, is a unique not-for-profit foundation established by Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru with support from AI Foundry in a public-private model
With seed funding of Rs. 170 Cr ($22mn) from Department of Science & Technology(DST), Govt. of India, under the National Mission on Inter-disciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), it will bring about collaborative consortium of partners from industry, academia and government bodies
This will lead to cutting edge innovations in terms of new technologies, standards, products, services and intellectual properties.
It is set up as the premier research translation park with a global collaborative ecosystem.
ARTPARK will develop AI & Robotics facilities to support technology innovations as well as capacity building through advanced skills training of students and professionals in these areas.
It will develop Data Setu – that will enable confidentiality and privacy-preserving framework to share data and run analytics spurring the data-sharing ecosystem and create a data marketplace, boosting AI applications and solutions.
One such service will be BhashaSetu – that will enable real-time Indic language translation, both of speech to speech and speech to text.
This will further unlock the economic potential of the country, and enable all Indian citizens to equitably participate in the economic progress, regardless of their language.