Honda teams to test driverless cars in India
Honda has begun joint research and testing on AI technologies and driverless cars with the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
IIT Delhi and Bombay are working on research for Honda Cooperative Intelligence (CI) for testing and verification of driverless cars in two India cities. This is part of the research into future applications for technologies that reduce traffic collisions and enable automated driving. Honda is currently conducting technology demonstrations as a proof of concept of its CI-powered micro-mobility vehicle/robot in Joso City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
Honda and the IITs have set joint research themes such as recognition of the surrounding environment and cultivation of cooperative behaviour, and will conduct joint research and development with AI technologies.
The two are aiming to conduct verification of driving assistance and automated driving technologies in the suburbs of Delhi and in Mumbai. Due to numerous variations in the road systems and a large number of road users, India has a complex traffic environment where situations that occur frequently are difficult for AI to predict.
Prof. Milind Atrey, Deputy Director, IIT Bombay, Prof K V Krishna Rao, Deputy Director, IIT Bombay Atsushi Ogawa, Honda R&D Managing Officer, Takuya Tsumura, President, and CEO, Honda Cars India Ltd.
By conducting technology verification in such a technically challenging environment, Honda and IITs will refine the underlying technologies of CI and strive to apply them to future driver assistance and automated driving technologies in various regions of the world, including India.
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