Pune: Final year students of Mechanical Department at MIT College, Pune, have developed India's first driverless, autonomous, electric four-wheeler. The vehicle was first demonstrated at the college premises on Wednesday.
University students Yash Keskar, Sudhanshu Manerikar, Saurabh Damakle, Shubhang Kulkarni, Pratyaksha Pandey and Prerna Kolipaka demonstrated the car which is equipped with state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems to reduce accidents and deaths caused by human error.
The car is based on Level three autonomy and has lashed with a brushless DC electric motor (BLDC) and a Lithium-ion battery -- a type of rechargeable battery-- which takes 4 hours to get charged and supply 3 kilowatts to cover a distance of 40 kilometres, said student Yash Keskar.
The vehicle is controlled by three subsystems which are throttle, brake and steering, using a number of AI and machine learning algorithms, including leader cameras, microprocessors, automated action control systems and various sensors.
Such vehicles have numerous applications in agriculture, mining, transportation, etc., said Saurabh Damakle, Shubhang Kulkarni, Pratyak Pandey.
Professor Prakash Joshi said this is the first time that a driverless autonomous vehicle has been introduced by students from the project. After the Pune Smart City and Metro management officials will inspect the vehicle it will be available for the people of Pune, he added.
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