MUMBAI, India, July 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202521060179 A) filed by Ms. Shreeya Kadam; Mr. Udit Shishodiya; Ms. Ananyaa Kotlaapure; Mr. Shreyans Vora; Dr. Rohan Borgalli; and Dr. Nandkishor Narkhede, Maharashtra, on June 24, for 'zero hazard exploration unmanned surveillance (zeus) system.'

Inventor(s) include Ms. Shreeya Kadam; Mr. Udit Shishodiya; Ms. Ananyaa Kotlaapure; Mr. Shreyans Vora; Dr. Rohan Borgalli; and Dr. Nandkishor Narkhede.

The application for the patent was published on July 11, under issue no. 28/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure relates toa Zero Hazard Exploration Unmanned Surveillance (ZEUS) system that is designed to provide real-time hazard detection, mapping, and environmental monitoring in mining operations and confined industrial spaces. ZEUS enhances worker safety and operational efficiency. The system comprising a sensor and monitoring unit (102) including a gas sensor (102a), a hyperspectral imaging unit (102b), an air quality sensor (102c), a dust sensor (102d), a humidity sensor (102e), a thermal imaging sensor (102f), an ultrasonic sensor (102g), a camera unit (102h), a navigation and control unit (104) comprising, a robotic arm (104b), an XRF analyzer, SLAM unit, a processing unit (108), configured to collect environmental data from the sensor and monitoring unit, process the collected data, analyze the processed data using YOLO for object detection, Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) for hazard classification, and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) for predicting environmental changes, combined with an explainable AI module generating human-interpretable hazard reports."

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