The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore has developed a new artificial intelligence-based technology to make the country's traffic management system smarter and safer, officials said on Monday.The technology aims to prevent road accidents by sending timely alerts to motorists and easing the movement of vehicles, they said.Speaking to PTI, Prof Prabhat Kumar Upadhyay of IIT Indore's Department of Electrical Engineering, said that at a time when the world is moving towards driverless cars,
In Transportation & Automotive, this AI-driven system promises reduced accident rates (risk reduction), optimized traffic flow (potential cost savings through fuel efficiency and time savings), and a strategic advantage for early adopters looking to enhance their fleet management and navigation capabilities. Government and public sectors will benefit from potentially lowered costs associated with emergency response and traffic management infrastructure.
For businesses involved in transportation and logistics, the implementation of such AI systems could lead to optimized routing, reduced fuel consumption, and improved delivery times. Operationally, this requires integrating real-time data streams from sensors and cameras into AI models, training these models on local traffic patterns, and establishing feedback loops to continuously improve performance. This also necessitates skilled AI personnel capable of deploying, maintaining, and refining these systems.