Meet Alton, the robot who has a request for FM ahead of Budget By IANS| Published: 30th January 2021 6:47 pm IST Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 30 : Inker Robotics, a leading robotics company in India, has developed an indigenously developed humanoid robot named Alton, which has forwarded a request to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ahead of the Union Budget. Developed at Inker’s R&D centre, Alton is a modular training robot designed to enable an experiential learning experience in the field of robotics. In an interaction with Rahul P. Balachandran, CEO of Inker Robotics, Alton has shared his views and expectations for the upcoming Budget.