MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641021028 A) filed by Ramco Institute Of Technology, Rajapalayam, Tamil Nadu, on Feb. 23, for 'an autonomous robotic platform for railway track obstacle detection.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. C. Karpagavalli; Dr. M. Kaliappan; Dr. E. Mariappan; Dr. M, Ramnath; Dr. S. V. Anandhi; R, Angel Hepzibah; and B. Sankaralakshmi.

The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An Autonomous Robotic Platform for Railway Track Obstacle Detection independently to enhance the rail safety and consistency of operations by real-time sensing of stationary and t...