CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -UPSC Mains. Q. Which Indian institute has developed an AI-powered drone to counter unregulated unmanned drones? Notes: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras has developed an Artificial Intelligence-powered drone to counter the unregulated unmanned drones, also called as rogue drones.

Detailed explanation-2: -Guwahati: Union Minister of State Civil Aviation General V.K. Singh (retd.) on Tuesday launched India’s first Centre for Excellence in Research on Drone/UAV Technology and Artificial Intelligence at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.

Detailed explanation-3: -Developers are teaching drones to think for themselves, using AI techniques such as machine learning and computer vision. By doing so, they hope to make drones smarter and more autonomous, able to perform tasks such as obstacle avoidance and target tracking without human intervention.

Detailed explanation-4: -Notes: A team of researchers at IIT- Kharagpur has developed a system based on artificial intelligence to track social distancing. The cyber-physical system monitors social distancing in public places, by detecting the gap between individuals.

Detailed explanation-5: -TUNGA, Technology Upgradation of Naval, Ground, and Air Systems is an original equipment manufacturer of new-age drone technologies based out of Chennai with its Center of Excellence in Design Engineering located at IIT Madras research park.