Archive · 23 Sep 2026
IIT Madras Opens Rs 3.3 Crore Construction Robotics Lab
IIT Madras has opened a new laboratory for construction robots.
The laboratory cost Rs 3.30 crore to establish.
Bechtel India helped support the project.
Researchers and students will use the lab to design and test automated machines.
These machines could help with construction and infrastructure work.
Bechtel engineers will also work with the IIT Madras team.
The lab is meant to connect university research with problems faced by construction companies.
Professors T. Asokan and Koshy Varghese will lead the work.
IIT Madras inaugurated a Rs 3.30-crore robotics laboratory on its campus in Chennai.
The facility will develop and test robotics and automation technologies for construction and infrastructure projects.
Bechtel India supported the laboratory through corporate social responsibility funding.
The lab will involve IIT Madras researchers, students and Bechtel India engineers.
Professors T. Asokan and Koshy Varghese will lead the laboratory’s work.
- Who
- IIT Madras and Bechtel India, with IIT Madras faculty, students and Bechtel engineers involved.
- What
- A Rs 3.30-crore robotics laboratory for construction robotics, automation and related technologies was inaugurated.
- When
- Tuesday; the specific date was not stated.
- Where
- On the IIT Madras campus in Chennai.
- Why
- To develop and test automation solutions for construction and infrastructure projects and connect academic research with industry requirements.
- Laboratory cost
- Rs 3.30 crore
- Institution
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras
- Industry supporter
- Bechtel India Pvt Ltd
- Research focus
- Construction robotics, automation and advanced construction technologies
- Application areas
- Construction and infrastructure projects
- Lab leads
- Prof. T. Asokan and Prof. Koshy Varghese
- Collaboration
- IIT Madras faculty, students and Bechtel India engineers
