IIT Mandi start up to launch world’s first AI-supported giant swing

The start up, ‘ManaliSwing’, is planning to launch the swing in Manali on New Year.  

‘ManaliSwing’, a start up incubated at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, has built a giant swing backed by artificial intelligence. The swing is claimed to be the first-of-its kind in the world. Founded by four childhood adventure enthusiast friends who are engineers and certified rock climbers and mountaineers, the start up has completed its human jump trials and is in process of filing five patents for the concept and design. 

Dubai Govt approaches IIT Mandi start up to launch swing 

The team has claimed that it has already been approached by Dubai government to launch the swing in the country and is in conversation with interested agencies in Switzerland too.  “We will offer one of the world's most creative and safe giant swing like bungee jumping but instead of going down on rubber bungee cord  one freefall is followed by a giant swing on dual dynamic ropes,” Utsav Soni, one of the founders, said.  

“The plan is to launch in Manali on New Year. The tourists will have to pay INR 3,000 for each jump. The cost will include transportation from a certain point and professional photography and videography service,” he added. 

The start up conducted a full-scale trial of 1,000 dummy jumps followed by successful human jumps under the presence of Industrial Rope Access Trade Association experts at IIT Hyderabad. 

“The AI will also help track participants and jump master’s performance across millions of data points and deliver optimised approvals for jumping. Having a really intelligent AI will be an edge for a Jump Master and his team making sure no injury, incident, or causalty can happen on the site. For example, AI will not approve the jump if there is anything wrong with the followed jump protocol or international standards,” Soni added. 

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