Ati Motors introduces self-driving cargo vehicle for factory floors, warehouses and construction sites

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Ati Motors introduces self-driving cargo vehicle for factory floors, wareho
The Sherpa uses a combination of LIDAR (light detection and ranging) techno

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Ati Motors introduces self-driving cargo vehicle for factory floors, warehouses and construction sites
The Sherpa uses a combination of LIDAR (light detection and ranging) technology, cameras, infrared sensors, wheel encoders, etc., to negotiate traffic.
Founded by former computer science professor V Vinay, science prodigy Saad Nasser and serial entrepreneur Saurabh Chandra in 2016, it has built a self-driving vehicle that can transport cargo inside factory floors, warehouses and even construction sites.
Vinay, who also co-invented the Simputer, says, “We did not want to compete with the Googles and Teslas of the world.” Ati wanted to build a vehicle like the Tata Ace which is popularly known as chota hathi for its utility in carrying cargo over tough, challenging terrains.
He says that traditionally factory floors have used autonomous guided vehicles (AGV) but these can travel only along magnetic strips.
Moreover, if the layout of a factory floor changes, the magnetic strip would have to be re-laid.
The Sherpa has been engineered to function without those hassles.
The Sherpa uses a combination of LIDAR (light detection and ranging) technology, cameras, infrared sensors, wheel encoders, etc., to negotiate traffic on an industrial site.
“The way to look at our vehicle is that it’s a sort of Uber in a factory.
You could have multiple Sherpas in the factory.
The moment your package is ready and you want to send it to some other place, you can just summon the vehicle and the nearest Sherpa will come to you, pick things up and go to the destination,” says the co-founder.
The Sherpa uses three automobile wheels, each fitted with a motor, so that it can work on rough outdoor terrains too.
AGVs imported from the US or Europe cost $70,000-100,000 and yet aren’t completely self-driving like the Sherpa, according to Vinay.
However, the founder insists that “we don’t want to sell because we are cheap, but because of how well the vehicle works

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