Honda is collaborating with this Indian engineering institute to conduct joint research on artificial intelligence (representative image/courtesy: Baires Dev)
Japanese automotive wholesaler Sling On Wednesday it said it has launched a joint investigation into AI technologies with Delhi Institute of Technology and IIT Bombay, with plans to develop driver assistance and automated driving technologies applicable in various regions of the world, including India.
The joint research aims to further advance Honda CI (Cooperative Intelligence), Honda’s original AI that enables mutual understanding between machines and humans, the company said in a statement.
Honda Cars in India Ltd (HCIL), a subsidiary of Honda in India, will sign a joint research contract with the two IITs.
“The IITs are home to a large number of excellent researchers and engineers, and through joint research with these institutes, Honda will strive to advance the underlying technologies of CI, with an eye toward future applications of technologies that reduce traffic collisions and enable automated driving,” he said.
Aiming to further advance AI, Honda and IITs have established joint research themes such as recognizing the surrounding environment and cultivating cooperative behavior, and will conduct research and development while utilizing cutting-edge AI technologies, he added.
Under the partnership, for each research topic, Honda associates and IIT faculty will work with IIT students to plan, design, develop and test technologies that work beyond the confines of the laboratory, thereby proceeding with research and development more flexibly and with a high degree of freedom, Honda said.
“This will enable Honda and the IITs to work in a more flexible environment with a deeper exchange of academic and industry knowledge,” he added.
Additionally, as part of this research, Honda, with the help of IITs, intends to carry out verification of driver assistance and automated driving technologies in the suburbs of Delhi and Mumbai.
Due to numerous variations in road systems and the large number of road users, India has a complex traffic environment where frequently occurring situations are difficult for AI to predict.
“By conducting technology verification in such a technically challenging environment, Honda and the IITs will refine the underlying CI technologies and strive to apply them to future driver assistance and automated driving technologies in various regions of the world, including India,” the statement said.
Honda said it has been actively recruiting IIT graduates since 2019, with many of them now playing key roles in mobility intelligence areas, including CI research and development.
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