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Arsh Shah Dilbagi
Born
Arsh Shah Dilbagi

(1998-03-26) March 26, 1998 (age 28)
Panipat, Haryana, India
Other namesRobo[1]
EducationPrinceton University[2]
OccupationInventor, Founder of Arido
Years active2011-present
Known forTALK: An Assistive Device that converts Breath into Speech. CLUMSY: A quadruped robot.
Websiterobo.im

Arsh Shah Dilbagi (born March 26, 1998) is an Indian scientist, inventor and roboticist. He completed his undergraduate at Princeton University studying Operations Research and Financial Engineering.[3] He is the founder of Arido about which very little has been made public.[4][5]

Career[edit | edit source]

2023[edit | edit source]

  • In 2023, the company of which he was CEO and Founder, Zage, shut down after having previously participated in Y-Combinator's Summer 2021 cohort.[6]

2015[edit | edit source]

2014[edit | edit source]

Notable work[edit | edit source]

2016[edit | edit source]

2014[edit | edit source]

  • TALK, an Assistive Device to convert breath into speech.[11][12] It uses the variations in person's breath help him either dictate letters which are further combined and synthesised as sentences or speak-out specific commands/phrases depending on the mode selected.[13][14]

Notable awards[edit | edit source]

2015[edit | edit source]

2014[edit | edit source]

  • Google Science Fair (GSF): Google Science Fair Voter's Choice Award, conferred by Google Inc. at GSF 2014, held at Google HQ., Mountain View, California, USA.[25][26][27][28][29]
  • Special Mention (4th place) in the E-Inclusion & Accessibility category at Manthan Award, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India.[30][31]
  • Second position at i3 - Indian Innovation Initiative 2014 held at Noida Expo Mart, Noida, India.[32][33][34]

2011[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Vice (June 14, 2016), A 16-Year-Old From India Built a Device to Convert Breath Into Speech
  2. ↑ PBS NewsHour (June 23, 2016), Teen scientist's revolutionary speech device could grant language to the voiceless, retrieved September 19, 2016
  3. ↑ PBS NewsHour (June 23, 2016), Teen scientist's revolutionary speech device could grant language to the voiceless, retrieved December 17, 2016
  4. ↑ Menezes, Beryl (January 14, 2015). "A technology thrust with a difference". livemint.com/. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Arsh Shah Dilbagi". Celebrity Speakers India. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Zage: Pay by bank and earn rewards". Y Combinator. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  7. ↑ "President opens 'room of new ideas'". The Hindu. August 5, 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Science and Innovation Gallery Opens for Public at Rashtrapati Bhavan". NDTV.com. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Museum kindles spirit of innovation". Deccan Herald. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  10. ↑ "16-Year-Old Invents A Breath Enabled 'TALKing' Device To Help The Speech Impaired - The Better India". The Better India. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  11. ↑ "EHF student gets Google Science Fair Award! Will your student be the next one? | EduHeal Blog". blog.eduhealfoundation.org. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Indian Teenager Wins Google Science Fair's Voters Choice Award". Asian Scientist Magazine | Science, Technology and Medicine News Updates From Asia. September 24, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Works of Arsh Shah Dilbagi" Archived December 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Arsh Shah Dilbagi | Robo.im
  14. ↑ "2014 Google Science Fair Projects Set To Change The World". MakeUseOf. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Intel ISEF 2015 Grand Award winners". Society for Science. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Young Indians bag top honours at Intel ISEF awards in US - Firstpost". Firstpost. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  17. ↑ "7 Brilliant Young Indian Students who Won Awards at the Prestigious Intel Science Fair - The Better India". The Better India. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Young innovators from India hog limelight in Intel fair in US". Metrovaartha English Edition. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  19. ↑ "7 Brilliant Young Indian Students who Won Awards at the Prestigious Intel Science Fair". What'sMovingIndia. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Indian Innovators win Intel ISEF | digitalLEARNING Magazine". digitalLEARNING Magazine. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Winners". www.apa.org. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  22. ↑ "AIPLA Congratulates 2015 AIPLA Prize Winners at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair". www.aipla.org. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  23. ↑ "Selected Projects - IRIS National Fair". irisnationalfair.org. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  24. ↑ "15 teams to take part in US science fair". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  25. ↑ "What an idea, Sirji". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  26. ↑ "16 year old brings in a boon for the differently abled: Exhale and express | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  27. ↑ "Converting breath to speech - Google Science Fair project > ENGINEERING.com". www.engineering.com. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  28. ↑ "2014 Google Science Fair winners". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  29. ↑ "Google Science Fair Winners". Nat Geo Education Blog. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  30. ↑ "The manthan Award South Asia and Asia Pacific". archive.manthanaward.org. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  31. ↑ "E-Inclusion & [[:Template:As written]] – Winner 2014". manthanaward.org. Retrieved December 1, 2015. {{cite web}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help)
  32. ↑ "Watch: Innovators talk about 'India Innovation Initiative 2014'". www.ibnlive.com/videos/india/innovators-chat-726785.html. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  33. ↑ "This 16-Year-Old Indian Is Helping People With Speech Disorders To Talk". ScoopWhoop. August 20, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  34. ↑ "ciiinnovation.in". www.ciiinnovation.in. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  35. ↑ "Inspire Award Winners". Inspire Award by Government of India. Archived 2022-01-21 at the Wayback Machine

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