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IIT-KGP researchers develop AI-based system to track social distancing

The researchers had focused on the ease of deployment of such a device in remote places and curtailing the cost by using inexpensive and easily accessible hardware material

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The system has been successfully tested by installing three prototypes of the device within the IIT-Kharagpur campus.

1 min read Last Updated : Jun 13 2020 | 12:35 PM IST

A group of researchers at IIT-Kharagpur has developed a cyber-physical system based on artificial intelligence for monitoring social distancing in public places, an official said on Saturday.

The team, under the leadership of professor Debashish Chakravarty and professor Aditya Bandopadhyay, has engineered a low-cost device which can detect the gap between individuals, a spokesperson of IIT-KGP said.

"The device will play a proximity alert sound through audio output, whenever any violation of the social distancing norms occurs. It captures images of the field view and computes the distance as per criteria set by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,"

Topics : IIT Kharagpur artificial intelligence

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