Researchers Develop AI Powered Drones at IIT Madras

Date:

 

New Delhi: In what could be of immense value to the armed forces and security agencies, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras researchers have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered drone to hack into rogue drones. The drone system would prove to be invaluable to law enforcement agencies, security services and armed forces as it will allow them to secure air space over critical civilian and military installations from surveillance by rogue drones.

ads

The AI drone by IIT Madras can track down rogue drones visually, hack into their GPS navigation system, following which the target drone is forced to change its flight path or land safely.

A major advantage of this artificial intelligence-operated drone system is that it can be controlled over the Internet and can navigate autonomously as compared to most existing drones that operate on ‘line of sight’ meaning the operator must keep the drone within their sight.

Using the Internet to control the drones also allows for deploying a swarm of drones that can intelligently detect and track people, drones, vehicles and other objects.

This new drone system was designed by a team comprising Vasu Gupta, a final year B Tech student, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Madras, and Rishabh Vashistha, a Project Associate working in RAFT Lab, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Madras.

big bang

More like this

SCD Israel Receives New Order for Sparrow MWIR Detectors

Tel Aviv: Israeli company SCD, specialising in the development...

Roboteam Launches Centralised Command-and-Control Platform Roboteam HUB

Tel Aviv: Israeli company Roboteam, a developer and manufacturer...

Proud Moment for GRSE: Second ASW SWC INS Androth Gets Commissioned Into Navy

Kolkata/Visakhapatnam: INS Androth – second in a series of...

Thrustworks Dynetics Secures Strategic Investment to Advance Next-Generation Rocket Propulsion Systems

Mumbai | Pune – Thrustworks Dynetics (TWD), a propulsion...

Sir Creek – The New Conflict Zone: Implications For National Security

On October 2, 2025, at a military base in...

Indian Navy Set to Commission Second ASW-SWC Androth – A Steady March With New Indigenous Inductions

Visakhapatnam: The Indian Navy is set to commission Androth,...

Exercise Konkan – 2025 Commences on the Western Seaboard

New Delhi: Indian Navy and Royal Navy bilateral Exercise...

Trump’s South Asia Ploy: Woo Pakistan, Use Bangladesh, Weaken India

Trump administration’s deepening of engagement with Pakistan and Bangladesh...
Indian Navy Special EditionLatest Issue