PUNE: A group of engineering students of a city-based private university have developed a "driverless autonomous" electric four-wheeler using Artificial Intelligence (AI) with the intention of reducing accidents and deaths caused by human errors.

This vehicle has been developed by the students of mechanical engineering and electronics and telecommunications branches of the MIT World Peace University.

"The car is based on level-III autonomy and uses BLDC motor. A lithium iron battery has been used to power the vehicle," Yash Keskar, one of the students, said.

Another student, Sudhanshu Manerikar, said that the steering, throttle and brakes of the vehicle are controlled using a number of AI and ML algorithms, involving leader cameras, microprocessors, automated action control systems and various sensors.

This vehicle has the power of three kilowatts and takes four hours to charge. It can cover a distance of 40 kms. Such vehicles have numerous applications in agriculture, mining, transportation, and other fields, he added.

Professor Dr Ganesh Kakandikar said that such electric vehicles can be used to connect metro stations to the adjoining areas, for transportation, at airports, in golf clubs, in universities, etc.

Other students, who were part of the project, were Sourabh Damkale, Shubhanga Kulkarni, and Pratyaksh Pandey.

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While the robotic revolution is making a splash around the world, here are a few that aim to make life easier, simulate human emotions and take us closer to the future. While the robotic revolution is making a splash around the world, here are a few that aim to make life easier, simulate human emotions and take us closer to the future.

Robotic Dragonflies

The BionicOpter was a talking point recently when Jeff Bezos tweeted a short video of himself playing with the robot dragonfly at his robotics conference MARS. The makers, Festo AG, say they have “technically mastered the highly complex flight characteristics of the dragonfly” — the robot can fly in all directions, hover in mid-air and glide without beating its wings. BionicOpter supports wireless real-time communication, a continuous exchange of information, and can identify complex events.

Racing Robots

Motobot 2.0 is an autonomous motorcycle-riding robot that combines the latest in motorcycle and robotics technology to drive around a racetrack on a Yamaha YZF-R1M. The motorcycle dons a look of the classic modern aerodynamic racing two-wheeler, while the robot needs human operators only to specify how aggressively it should race. Motobot 2.0 can race at a speed of almost 200 kmph but it’s no match for Valentino Rossi yet.

Interview Robots

Tengai, a brainchild of Furhat Robotics, is the world’s first job interview robot that aims to take out unconscious human biases from the process. She sits on top of a table directly across the candidate she’s about to interview. Tengai has three degrees of movement freedom and can display complex expressions — blink and smile lightly as she poses her questions.

Robo Chefs

Creator, a burger restaurant that opened last year in San Francisco, is home to two sedansized robots each of which can churn out 120 burgers an hour. Each robot is reportedly equipped with 350 sensors, 50 actuators and 20 computers together which allow it to grind the meat, shape the burgers, slice the tomatoes, grate cheese and dispense mustard. The robots themselves are controlled by a machine learning algorithm.

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The 4-wheeler is expected to reduce accidents and deaths caused by human errors.