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TCS opens lights-out factory lab at Pune campus
The Hindu BusinessLine··9 Sept
Tata Consultancy Services on Wednesday launched an Industrial Autonomy and Engineering Lab at its Sahyadri Park campus in Pune. TCS called it India's first lights-out factory lab aimed at advancing AI-led manufacturing. The facility houses a fully robotic battery pack assembly line. Manufacturers can prototype, validate and scale AI-first production systems on the live multi-stage setup.
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What It Means For You
- Manufacturers can use the live multi-stage line to prototype and scale AI-first systems before full deployment.
- Use cases listed include predictive maintenance, automated quality inspection and real-time process optimisation.
- The lab also targets human-machine collaboration and autonomous factory operations.
What's Happening
- TCS disclosed the launch in a regulatory filing.
- Sreenivasa Chakravarti, global head of industrial autonomy and engineering, said the lab shows a Human + AI path to autonomous production.
- The setup combines digital twins, robotics, industrial AI, factory controls and real-time operational intelligence.
What Lights-Out Means Here
- A lights-out factory uses autonomous systems on production lines with minimal human intervention.
- Business Standard carried the same filing-based account on September 9, 2026.
- The Pune site sits inside TCS's Sahyadri Park campus.
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