Lovely Professional University will enter commercial service later this year and the first prototype will be utilized to welcome and ferry PM Modi to the Indian Science Congress venue, that will be held at LPU on 3rd of January, 2019.
Lovely Professional University students have designed and built a driverless solar-powered bus. The bus will enter commercial service later this year and the first prototype will be utilized to welcome and ferry PM Modi to the Indian Science Congress venue, that will be held at LPU on 3rd of January, 2019. Over 300 students from multiple fields collaborated under the guidance of LPU professors and experts for designing the vehicle.
After the bus is launched commercially, it will be used at airports, housing societies, industrial complexes, and educational institutions. The bus has a maximum speed of 30 kmph and has the capacity to seat of 10-30 people.
The bus designed is pollution free and uses renewable energy in the form of electric motor and solar power for propulsion.
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The bus uses GPS and Bluetooth for navigation and can be controlled within a radius of 10 meters.
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Chancellor Ashok Mittal said, “The driverless bus is another example of LPU students being at the forefront of technology. Some other interesting projects done by LPU students include Flying Farmer, a wireless sensor device, exclusively used in farming and field survey, Formula one car and Go-karts. In fact, LPU is one of the few universities from the country that have represented India at renowned global competitions like NASA Rover Challenge and international go-kart championship. The India Science Congress will be a great exposure for our students and they are very excited about it.”
Mandeep Singh, Project lead, said, “We are very happy to design a completely driverless and eco-friendly bus to welcome PM Modi. If his schedule and security arrangements permit, we would love to give him a tour of our campus in the bus.”
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