Autonomous systems
for India's hardest
environments.
T.R.I.N.E.T.R.A is a defense intelligence research lab prototyping autonomous ground vehicles, aerial systems, and AI infrastructure. We build real hardware, test it outdoors, and document what we learn.
DROGGO
DROGGO is T.R.I.N.E.T.R.A's autonomous ground vehicle prototype and our primary active hardware program. It is the system we are building, testing outdoors, and iterating on in real conditions.
The current prototype has completed its first outdoor field test. The vehicle demonstrated forward and backward mobility with a 360-degree camera array capturing continuous imagery. Onboard compute runs on a Raspberry Pi processing the sensor feed in real time.
Current capability: Teleoperated mobility with live 360-degree camera feed confirmed in outdoor conditions.
Next milestone: Autonomous navigation — the vehicle planning and executing a route without operator input, using onboard sensing and compute.
Images and video of DROGGO are withheld for operational security. The schematic shown is a technical illustration only — not a product render or representation of the final system. Verified collaborators may request access to technical documentation through our contact page.
Six areas.
One lab.
T.R.I.N.E.T.R.A conducts research across six interconnected domains. Each domain informs the others. All research feeds into our prototype programs.
Onboard inference, object detection, and decision support designed for resource-constrained edge hardware in field conditions.
Mechanical systems design, actuation, sensor integration, and control systems for field-deployable autonomous platforms.
Navigation in GPS-degraded environments, path planning, obstacle avoidance, and multi-vehicle coordination research.
Network intrusion detection, anomaly classification, and automated threat response research for critical system protection.
Satellite-based intelligence, remote sensing, and orbital data processing for ground-level situational awareness.
AI-assisted diagnostics and human performance research with applications in field medical support and soldier systems.
Research programs.
Each program has a defined problem, a current stage, and an honest status label. We do not describe concepts as deployed systems.
DROGGO
Building an unmanned ground vehicle capable of operating in terrain where GPS is unreliable and human access is dangerous. First outdoor test completed.
DRONA
Researching autonomous flight, onboard AI-based object detection, and persistent surveillance without continuous pilot input.
G.H.A.R.U.D
Researching architectures for fusing multi-source sensor data into a single coherent operational picture for command decision support.
R.A.V.A.N.A
Early research into bipedal locomotion and manipulation for operating in environments designed for human access.
ATHENA
Conceptual work on AI-assisted decision support reducing time between information arrival and actionable output in high-information environments.
CITADEL
Conceptual research into automated network intrusion detection and anomaly classification for critical infrastructure protection.
Research to prototype.
No shortcuts.
Every system follows the same five-stage workflow. Each stage produces a concrete output before the next begins. We do not claim deployed capability until field testing confirms it.
Work on real hardware.
We need people working on embedded systems, computer vision, ROS-based navigation, and mechanical design for autonomous ground and aerial vehicles. No salary currently. Real problems, real hardware, your name on the output.
Skills needed: Embedded C & Python · ROS · Computer Vision · Mechanical CAD · SLAM
Express interestBack early-stage defense research.
We are raising pre-seed capital to fund the autonomous navigation milestone for DROGGO, early DRONA hardware, and team expansion. Pre-incorporation, transparent about our stage.
See investor informationResearch collaboration.
Open to research partnerships, equipment access, lab collaboration, and technical advisory relationships with universities, research institutions, and defense organizations.
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