Einstein, The Robot Exhibited in IIT-B Techfest, Major Highlights

On Sunday, Einstein, the robot was showcased in 10 minutes interaction in the IIT Bombay Techfest. Introduced two years after Sophia, the robot; Einstein, the robot was the first-ever robot to receive a country’s citizenship on the last day of IIT event. The robot starred in the IIT-B Techfest, which comprised of many audiences travelled from far away places to attend the fest.

This was the first visit made by the robot to India. During the interaction, Einstein the robot addressed the audience by stating that Sophia told me how much you all made her feel welcomed. In addition to this, the robot left everyone feels stunned when asked whether he was as intelligent as the person it was named after, to which, it answered that there is certainly no doubt in terms of its mathematical abilities.

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Despite a stunning interaction in a hall packed with the audience, several of them seemed disappointed due to the limited interaction with the robot. The disappointment was mainly due to the cancellation of a question and answer round as promised by the fest organisers to the audience.

A member of the audience, Ketan Vaidya, stated that while the attempt to humanise a scientific robot is appreciable, the interaction must have been a while longer and interactive. In context to the same, Ruchita Abhang added that Sophia seemed much more interactive and intelligent as compared to Einstein the robot as it seemed more experienced and famous than this one.

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Clearing the doubts, a member from the event organiser stated that while the hall was packed with the audience, it seemed difficult to pass the microphone through the attendees. Also, the standard length of every robot’s interaction is 10 minutes only.