NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IIT Hyderabad’s Technology Innovation Hub for Autonomous Navigation (TiHAN) to collaborate on the development and deployment of advanced autonomous navigation technologies.
The MoU was signed by Shri Shobhan Chaudhuri, Advisor/R&D at DMRC, and Dr. Santosh Reddy, Hub Executive Officer of TiHAN at IIT Hyderabad. The signing ceremony was attended by Dr. Vikas Kumar, MD of DMRCL, Shri Manuj Singhal, Director of Infrastructure, other DMRC Directors, as well as Prof. Malla Reddy, Dean of Innovation, and Prof. P. Rajalakshmi from IIT Hyderabad.
This MoU will leverage each other’s strength and knowhow in implementation of Autonomous Navigation which is a Safe Smart and Next Gen Mobility solution for last mile connectivity in major metros and public transit in Tier II & III cities.
Through this initiative, DMRC and TiHAN will integrate their respective expertise in autonomous navigation, sensing technologies, and data acquisition systems. This will support the development of vehicles, robots, drones, and other mobility platforms capable of operating and collecting data without human intervention.
TiHAN is a hub set up by Department of Science & Technology (DST) National Mission in the Cyber Physical Systems for development of Autonomous Navigation and Data Acquisition Systems that enables Ground vehicles, Robots, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles / Drones or other autonomous platforms to navigate and collect data without human interventions.
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