Telco operator eyes Diyazen robot
Mr. Chamira Jayasinghe
Diyazen, Sri Lanka’s first humanoid robot, is being eyed by a large telco operator, officials said.
“They will be using Diyasen for services such as bill payments, SIM changes and other related services. Diyasen will basically eliminate paper and excess labour for the telco operator,” Chamira Jayasinghe, Founder/CEO Arimac Lanka, developers of Diyasen told the Business Times in an interview recently.
Diyasen which uses cartography technology (mapping technologic) abilities, will be deployed in the Lotus Tower, he said. The ultra-modern virtual assistant comprise several core components and capabilities from the Arimac Cognitive Platform, such as natural language processing and dialogue management, which can all be adapted to meet a user’s specific purposes and requirements, according to Mr. Jayasinghe. “It will do the first level of concierge services, ticket purchasing and answering queries.”
Arimac has established itself as an end-to-end digital solutions provider in diversified areas such as Mobile and Enterprise, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Immersive Technologies, and Game Design and Development. Now it is on a mission to disrupt industries and is proud to be one of the four companies in the world for design anthropology and ergonomics, Mr. Jayasinghe said. Arimac strives to promote and retain the Sri Lankan talent pool to counterattack brain drain and allow local talent by promoting social entrepreneurship to reach the international arena as true Sri Lankans, he added. “We want to modulate technology for local Sri Lankans. We built the first gaming ecosystem and the first immersive experience in Sri Lanka.” He added that the design thinking category is a focus area for Arimac to be disrupted.
With a presence across five metropolitan cities worldwide including UAE, Maldives, France, Australia and Caribbean Island backed by 150 leading technophiles, creative wizards and researchers, Arimac continues to disrupt the status quo across five pillars of digital technology from Web and Mobile Developments, Immersive Technologies, Cognitive Sciences and Robotics, Digitalisation and Consumer Ergonomics to Gaming and Digital Entertainment.
The company is scouting for marquee investments for their growth expansion. With a separate venture capital division to acquire start-ups, Arimac’s aim is to acquire 50 start-ups by 2023 and to reach a US$1 billion valuation by 2028. “We want to be Sri Lanka’s first unicorn in the IT industry,” he said noting that Arimac already has six start-ups. “With the accumulation of the balance 44 companies, we aim to drive the GDP of Sri Lanka.”