Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia has partnered with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) for a Nokia Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Networked Robotics at the IISc Bengaluru campus.

“The CoE will promote inter-disciplinary research involving robotics and advanced communication technologies in 5G and Artificial Intelligence (AI)”, a joint statement said on Friday.

The CoE will also develop use cases across industrial automation, agriculture, and disaster management. Further, it will facilitate engagement and cooperation between academia, start-ups, and industry ecosystem partners to research and develop these use cases.

The CoE will also develop use cases across industrial automation, agriculture, and disaster management. Further, it will facilitate engagement and cooperation

between academia, start-ups, and industry ecosystem partners to research and develop these use cases.

The research projects undertaken by the CoE will include the design of advanced robotics, AI and automation solutions built upon next-generation telecom networks (read: 5G and 6G) and their applications for solving societally relevant problems.

The research projects undertaken by the coe will include the design of advanced robotics, ai and automation solutions built upon next-generation telecom networks, and their applications for solving societally relevant problems

The statement mentioned that the agreement for setting up this CoE was concluded in August 2020, and since then a core group has worked to set up and equip the center. As part of the first phase of this partnership, Nokia will fund the CoE for three consecutive years.

“Our collaboration with a world-class company like Nokia will enable us to explore new frontiers for advanced technology research to benefit society as well as provide state-of-the-art training to our students to enable them to become technology leaders in the coming decades”, said Govindan Rangarajan, Director at IISc.