Pepe: The robot that encourages children to wash their hands

Pepe is a social robot designed to teach proper handwashing method to rural Indian students. This was a joint project with Dr. Amol Deshmukh from the University of Glasgow. Around 100 children were engaged and trained on safe and effective handwashing behavior in a rural village in Govt. Primary School, Chithragiri, Wayanad, Kerala, India.

Also, Pepe won the Socialis Impremiere robotic competition at Ro-MAN 2019, Delhi.

Feature on BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-51360642/could-a-hand-washing-robot-help-save-lives

Feature on IEEE Spectrum: https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/robot-teaches-kids-hand-washing-skills-in-rural-india