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We started this project in the third year of our college, and were inspired mostly by George Hotz, known for reverse engineering the PlayStation 3 and developing iOS jailbreaks, and the founder of Comma.ai, which began OpenPilot, Singh said.. OpenPilot is an open-source advanced driver assistance system (ADAS)..
It has a GPU, a very powerful CPU, digital signal processing units, everything is there, Singh said.. Cars loaded with the system can theoretically achieve the third level of autonomy in driving assistanceor L3 autonomyas its called, a notch above that offered by premium cars in India in their ADAS systems...
Presenting autonomous driving in complex, stochastic and adversarial traffic-dynamics, on the roads in India, Sharma wrote in a post on X, attaching a video that shows a Swaayatt driverless car navigating Bhopal city traffic at night.. Sharma questioned the path adopted by OpenPilot and FlowPilot...
We are currently preparing a Mahindra Thar for the next demo, Sharma said.. Sharma says Swaayatt is the first company to successfully showcase the ability to negotiate bi-directional traffic on a single-lane road, where the vehicle may even need to shift off the road, and drive through uneven terrain..
India is a hotbed for developing these complex algorithms, but to put them in use, they will have a better success rate in mature markets, where rule of law and traffic discipline is above everything else, he said.. Swaayatts Sharma takes permission from the local police station and conducts tests at night..
