IndiaEducation2023 – ongoingIndian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
TiHAN autonomous campus passenger shuttles
IIT Hyderabad deployed 2 autonomous shuttles to transport students and faculty
Problem
Campus passenger transport provided a controlled setting for testing autonomous vehicles in regular service. The institute needed vehicles that could navigate campus roads and respond to obstacles.
Approach
The TiHAN centre developed electric passenger shuttles in-house. The institute described AI navigation using LiDAR and cameras, with automatic braking. By October 2023, the shuttles had carried students and faculty for 2 months following nearly a year of testing.
Results
Takeaway
Passenger service followed an extended campus test. The reported deployment did not establish performance on unrestricted public roads.
Categories
- Industry
- Education
- Business function
- Production and qualityIT and R&D
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Robotics and automationComputer vision
- Adoption
- Built in-house
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
Times of India reported two deployed shuttles and interviewed TiHAN's director. Its reporter visited the centre after a shuttle's morning run.
The institute described its autonomous campus shuttle's AI navigation and obstacle detection. It identified LiDAR, cameras and GPS as supporting technologies.
Full details are in the original sources.
