A multi-stakeholder project with predictive power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at its core to curb road accidents involving Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) fleet is all set to gain momentum.
It will be extended to 200 buses following satisfactory first phase that covered 14 buses, a senior official of TSRTC told the formal launch of project iRASTE by Industries and IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao, at the IIIT-Hyderabad on Tuesday.
iRASTE, which is about shaping Intelligent Solutions for Road Safety through Technology and Engineering, seeks to prevent accidents through a mechanism of alerts to drivers generated by deploying AI and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems. INAI, which is an applied AI research centre, at IIIT-H, tech giant Intel, Uber and TSRTC are part of the project.
