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Team Avishkar
IIT Madras Students' Hyperloop Team Avishkar has emerged among the top three teams globally in certain technical categories at the recently-held European Hyperloop Week 2023 (EHW).
The institute, in a statement, said that Team Avishkar stands as the only non-European team to be nominated in several award categories in this competition.
The EHW 2023 is an annual international event that enables university students, guest speakers, and companies to discuss Hyperloop technology, feasibility and scalability of the Hyperloop. University Hyperloop teams present their prototype components and full pods to a technical jury and compete in several categories.
Around 23 participants from various institutions across the world qualified for the final rounds of this competition hosted this year by the University of Edinburgh.
Team Avishkar Hyperloop team finished in the global top three for the category of 'Full-Scale Socio-Economic Aspects of Hyperloop,' showcasing their extensive research on the estimated energy consumption and ticket pricing model of a typical Hyperloop corridor.
The students achieved a prominent position in the Global Top Five in the 'Guidance' category, providing compelling evidence for the viability of their on-pod Levitation systems. The team's exceptional in-house designs of the sensor and embedded systems led to their attainment of a Global Top Six position in the 'Sense and Control Systems' category.
Medha Kommajosyula, Student Team Lead, Team Avishkar Hyperloop, IIT Madras, said, "Avishkar's new pod - 'Garuda' - is completely designed in-house and comes with multiple upgrades, thereby making it Asia's most advanced pod. It is powered by a Linear Induction Motor designed completely by our students' team, which is also the pod's primary mode of braking. The pod incorporates bidirectional run capabilities and EMS levitation with a high lift-to-weight ratio while still being extremely power efficient. The pod is controlled with autonomous embedded systems capable of speed and direction control and real-time data acquisition. All this is powered by a 3kWh LFP primary battery pack with high volumetric power density, making Garuda a technological powerhouse."
Avishkar Hyperloop is an internationally acclaimed IIT Madras student team comprising more than 50 team members that is focused on revolutionising transportation with sustainable Hyperloop technologies.
Founded in 2017 as a competition team at the Center for Innovation (CFI), IIT Madras, Team Avishkar Hyperloop participated in the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition in 2019 and finished in the Top 10 among more than 1,600 teams, being the only Asian finalist.
The team won the 'Most Scalable Design' award at the EHW 2021 and emerged among the Global top five in the Traction Systems, Electrical Systems and Complete Pod categories in the European Hyperloop Week 2022 held in the Netherlands.
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