TiHAN-IIT Hyderabad | UPSC
HEADLINES:
Union Minister of Education virtually lays foundation stone of ‘TiHAN-IIT Hyderabad’- India’s first Test bed for Autonomous Navigation Systems (Terrestrial and Aerial)
WHY IN NEWS:
Union Minister of Education virtually laid foundation stone of ‘TiHAN-IIT Hyderabad’, India’s first Test bed for Autonomous Navigation Systems (Terrestrial and Aerial)
SYLLABUS COVERED: GS 3: Science and Technology : UAV
ISSUE:
TiHAN-IIT HYDERABAD
- The Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation Systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Remotely Operated Vehicles at IIT Hyderabad, known as ‘TiHAN Foundation‘ .
- It has been incorporated as a Section-8 company by the institute in June 2020.
ESTABLISHMENT
- It includes researchers from Electrical, Computer Science, Mechanical and Aerospace, Civil, Mathematics, and Design at IIT Hyderabad with collaboration and support from reputed institutions and industry.
FOCUS
- The technology hub is focussed on the research and development of interdisciplinary technologies in the specific domain area of “Autonomous Navigation and Data Acquisition Systems” .
- This hub focuses on addressing various challenges hindering the real-time adoption of unmanned autonomous vehicles for both terrestrial and aerial applications.
- One major requirement to make unmanned and connected vehicles more acceptable to the consumer society is to demonstrate its performance in real-life scenarios.
- However, it may become dangerous.
TEST BED AND VENUE
- Total Area 2 Acres of land has already been allocated in the IIT Hyderabad campus and the facilities are planned in phases.
- The developed test bed will be available for use by all the industries, R&D labs, academia conducting research and development in the broad areas of autonomous navigation.
FUNDING
- Hyderabad under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS).
- This fund is to set up a Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation and Data Acquisition Systems (UAVs, RoVs, etc.).
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Test Tracks
- Emulation of Real-World Scenarios
- State of the Art Simulation Technologies
- Road Infrastructure
- V2X Communication
- Drone Runways and Landing Area
- Mechanical Integration Facility
- Centralized Control Room/Ground Control Station
- Hangars and many more.
SIGNIFICANCE
- In general, both UAV and UGV testing may include crashes and collisions with obstacles, resulting in damage to costly sensors and other components.
- Hence, it is important to test new technologies developed in a safe, controlled environment before deployment.
- Several organizations worldwide have developed test beds or proving grounds to investigate the functioning of unmanned and connected vehicles in a controlled environment by replicating different scenarios.
- Therefore, it is envisioned to address this gap by developing a fully functional and exemplary test bed facility dedicated to Connected Autonomous Vehicles – CAVs in a portion of the beautiful IIT Hyderabad campus.
IASbhai WINDUP:
- It is a great step towards ‘AtmaNibhar Bharat’, ‘Skill India’ and ‘Digital India’.
SOURCES: PIB | TiHAN-IIT Hyderabad | UPSC
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