Kuttippuram: An unmanned covered vehicle designed by students of the MES Engineering College at Kuttippuram has manoeuvred its way into a prestigious contest organised by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
The DRDO Robotics and Unmanned Systems Exposition, organised by the research institution to mark its diamond jubilee, has selected 30 entries from south India. Three of them are from Kerala, including the NIT Kozhikode and the AIT Kottayam.
The organisers received more than 2,000 entries from across the five zones.
The prototype developed by the students of the MES Engineering College is expected to supply materials to the army on the battlefront and to transport wounded soldiers back to safety. Named ‘Ayudha’, the vehicle can also be remotely controlled.
The prototype was designed on the inter-connected hybrid system platform by final-year electrical engineering students, including Faris, Basit, Suraj, Dibu, Arjun and Fasila.
Five projects from the South Indian zone would be selected to the final round of the contest.
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