Science, technology and engineering students of 15 universities around the country have showcased their robotic creations at ROBO Carnival 2016, organised by Buet Robotics Society on the campus in the capital.

With the belief that robots will carry out all routine production while artificial intelligence become a reality in upcoming years, the participants submitted projects on practical applications in areas including industrial automation, rescue missions and traffic rule enforcement.

“Those days are not so far away when robots will run all the systematic production, and this event is a part of the process to prepare us,” said the society President Irfan Hasib on the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) campus on Tuesday.

One of the brainchildren of the young innovators. Photo: Star

“We want to develop our own machines which will help us in increasing our industrial production,” he said, adding that some big businesses had already started making use of the technology.

Md Shafiul Alam, a second year student leading a three-member DUET Robo_Sapien team of the Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, (Duet) Gazipur, was visibly excited, saying that they had been working on the project for the last one year.

Innovation is vital for a growing economy like Bangladesh and breakthroughs of the country's researchers are appreciated by foreign companies which sellback the technology at a high price, said the society's members.

The event ends today with makers of the top three creations getting a chance to take part in world-renowned competitions.