The Pune city police have acquired an electrically powered and remotely controlled robot, Daksh, used by the Army and central paramilitary forces to locate, handle and destroy hazardous objects safely. Daksh has been designed and developed by Research and Development Establishment (Engineers) [R&DE (E)], Pune. It is the first indigenously developed unmanned vehicle or mobile-robot in the country.

Chief cop says
On Tuesday, Pune police commissioner Dr K Venkatesham said, "This is the latest member of our team, ROV-DAKSH, a remotely operated robot, created by DRDO, Pune, for bomb disposal. Daksh will be serving the city with us for the next six months. More like TechnologyOnDuty."