Robot Shalu is a homemade social and educational humanoid robot developed by Dinesh Kunwar Patel, an Indian Kendriya Vidyalaya Computer Science teacher from Mumbai. It was built using waste materials and can speak 47 languages, including 9 Indian and 38 foreign languages.
Shalu has been recognized by Dainik Bhaskar, Vaartha, TIME magazine, and Hindustan News. It is also ranked among the top 5 trending Indian robots in the global tech market.[unreliable source?]