Saarang Sumesh, a child prodigy who hails from Kochi is the youngest robot maker in India. Sumesh worked on a smart seat belt project, in January last year.

Interesting facts about Saarang:

He made his first robot at the age of 4 and his inventions are inspired by daily problems

Inspired by the youngest robot maker, his school has developed a special innovation lab

About the Smart seat belt project:

The belt can sense if a vehicle is upside down. In such a case, the belt automatically unbuckles

It has accelerometers that detects the collision and in those circumstances, the belt do not open immediately

The water and fire sensors in the device can detect water and fire, and if these are detected, the seat belts open automatically

In the case of fire without accident, fire alarm in the device will display it to the driver and he will be able to park his vehicle and escape safely

Origin of the idea:

The device was invented after he overheard a conversation between his parents describing problems of normal seat belts in a school bus that do not easily release after an accident and thus prove to be a great danger for children

Saarang wanted to make this for kids in school buses and that is how he came up with the smart seat belt idea

List of robots created by Saarang Sumesh:

A walking stick for the visually challenged
Robotic hand
Tricycle
Lego calculator
Digital clock
Hand speed game
A humanoid robot that can fire bullets
LEGO NxT robot models
Arduino projects using Raspberry Pi
Cleaning Robot
Smart Seat Belt

Achievements of the youngest robot maker:

In the science exhibition, TECH FOSS 2K16, held in Kochi, his stall was one of the most crowded ones, with people flocking to see the three robots he had kept on display

At this young age he has attended various tech fests, Maker Week End at Cusat, Techfoss at TocH, MakerFest at Ahmadabad (makerfest.com), LEGO league at Coimbatore

Saarang attended and exhibited his creations at the largest Maker Faire at Silicon Valley, USA (makerfaire.com) in the year 2016, where he was the youngest attendee in the world

He was the youngest speaker in TEDX in the year 2016