A startup from Bhopal has caught the attention of Anand Mahindra with its innovative project involving a driverless car based on the Bolero model. Founded by Sanjeev Sharma, the startup, named Swaayatt Robot and Deep Eigen, has drawn admiration from the Chairman of Mahindra Group for its groundbreaking work.
Anand Mahindra recently commended the startup on social media for transforming a Mahindra Bolero into an autonomous SUV using advanced autonomous driving technology.
Praising the endeavor, Mahindra emphasized the growing technological innovation landscape in India, highlighting Sanjeev Sharma’s pursuit of achieving level 5 autonomy through intricate mathematical approaches.
Evidence of tech innovation rising across India.
An engineer who’s not building yet another delivery app. @sanjeevs_iitr is using complex math to target level 5 autonomy.
I’m cheering loudly. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
And certainly won’t debate his choice of car! pic.twitter.com/luyJXAkQap
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) April 2, 2024
Sanjeev Sharma, the CEO and founder of Swaayatt Robot and Deep Eigen, is also a recipient of the ’51 Most Impactful Smart Cities Leaders Award (Global Listing)’ in 2019. The video shared by Mahindra showcases the Bolero’s steering wheel maneuvering the vehicle on various types of roads, demonstrating its capability to navigate through different traffic scenarios flawlessly.
I am humbled to know that my years of mathematical research in motion planning, reinforcement learning, and decision making under uncertainty, and our cutting-edge pioneering research at @swaayatt in enabling #autonomousvehicles to negotiate extremely complex, stochastic, and… https://t.co/GTtPDuEpU5
— Sanjeev Sharma (@sanjeevs_iitr) April 3, 2024
The post has garnered significant attention on social media, with numerous users applauding the innovation. Some users hailed it as a groundbreaking achievement in testing autonomous driving technology under the challenging conditions of Indian roads, while others expressed admiration for Sanjeev Sharma’s dedication and efforts.
In response to the overwhelming appreciation, Sanjeev Sharma expressed gratitude for the recognition of his years of research and the pioneering work of Swaayatt in enabling autonomous vehicles to navigate through complex and dynamic traffic scenarios.