Anthikad AI Institute in Media
Some of the media coverage on Anthikad AI Institute
Mathrubhumi
Here comes an AI Elephant, Iringadapilly Madhavan
Iringalakuda: Here comes the ‘Elephant' who is wiser than an elephant. He does not need food, doesn’t fall sick or get angry, and can be at any temple festival, rain or shine. This is the AI
Elephant, created using Artificial Intelligence (AI). Don't rush; you need to wait a little while for this elephant to be 'born'. But the naming is over; Iringadappilli Madhavan! His pet name will be AI
Madhavan. He is the next generation of the current robotic elephant Iringadappilli Raman.
A team led by the scientist Dr. KP Unnikrishnan, a native of Anthikad, Thrissur, is creating AI Madhavan. Unnikrishnan has been working in the AI area since 1982, mostly in foreign countries. The team is creating Madhavan’s brain using e-neuron technologies. Naming the elephant Madhavan is a tribute to Madhava of Sangamagrama, the originator of some of the fundamental principles used in AI, said Unnikrishnan.
Calculus and approximations of infinite series, some of the most important principles of mathematics, were discovered by Madhava of Sangamagrama, a mathematician and astronomer who lived in Kalletumkara, near Iringalakuda, in the 14th century. Artificial Neural Networks form the basis of AI and calculus is involved in training these networks. Unnikrishnan said that it was Madhava of Sangamagrama who laid the foundations of calculus. The elephant, when created, will be gentle and will be able to do many things on its own. The five senses will enable him to see, hear, touch and smell. The elephant will be able to recognize people and obey mahout’s instructions. Unnikrishnan also said that in the second phase, the elephant will
have emotions and will be able to walk anywhere on its own.
Deshabhimani
A Grand Elephant with Artificial Intelligence (AI) is Coming
Abbas Veeravunni
Anthikad: An ‘AI Elephant’ that has senses of sight, hearing, smell and touch will be ready soon.
This elephant with a limited ‘brain’ will be walking on its own legs. A team of experts led by the Anthikad native, US-based scientist Dr. KP Unnikrishnan, is preparing the AI Elephant.
Unnikrishnan, who has worked in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) in foreign countries since 1982, is making the elephant’s brain using e-neuron technology. The Anthikad AI Institute, under Unnikrishnan’s scientific leadership, is collaborating with institutions like CUSAT and Government Engineering College, Thrissur, to design and implement the elephant
Unnikrishnan said that making a life-sized AI Elephant walk like a real one is a difficult task. A future aim of the project is also to incorporate behavioural characteristics of different elephants into created ones. For example, a preliminary effort is to create an
elephant with the character traits of Guruvayur Keshavan, who captured the hearts of pooram lovers. Unnikrishnan plans to travel with the AI Elephant from one end of Kerala to the other through villages and create awareness of AI.
He is also a sailor and in a separate effort, he is exploring tourism opportunities of sailing on the Kerala coast. He said that fishermen will be an integral part of this project.
There are plans to convert his house into a study and research center; the formation of the Anthikad AI Institute is a first step in this direction. There are plans to train teams of young people in AI and provide them with necessary facilities such as stay.
He has come home 36 times during his 42- year American career. Unnikrishnan said that he wants to make Antikad the permanent residence soon. Lakshmi is the wife; children are Asha, and Maya.
Suprabhatam
