No more saying “bhaiya ko bula do” when you need to fix, repair, or build something from scratch. The Maker’s Asylum — a community maker space that allows collaborative ideation to foster a culture of innovation and learning — revealed their three-wheeled beauty on Wednesday, whose aim is to bridge the gap between enthusiastic builders and the asylum’s workspace in Andheri. The ‘Maker Auto’ is a sort of workshop-on-wheels, created to bring the workshop experience and all the power tools associated with it, to people across Mumbai. The structural framework of the auto is just like any other rickshaw (not kaali peeli but the small tempo type rickshaws), with the exception of it having wings, and being equipped with advanced tools including laser cutters and a 3D printer.

Coby Unger, Mayur Ahuja and Nikhil Shinde form the core team responsible for the creation of Maker Auto