To be deployed for numerous consumer interface tasks in different sectors A start-up in Hyderabad, promoted by a UK-returned entrepreneur, is getting ready to deploy robots developed and manufactured in India later this month for numerous consumer interface tasks in different sectors. “Some 65-70 robots are ready. We will be launching after Pongal,” said Ramaraju Singam, who has set up Vistan NextGen, the start-up, and with it a research and development innovation centre in the city. The firm, which has manufacturing collaboration with some enterprises, is also evaluating the prospects of setting up a production facility of its own either in Telangana or Andhra Pradesh.