What is Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2026?

Smart India Hackathon (SIH) is the world’s biggest open innovation hackathon organized by the Ministry of Education, AICTE, and MIC, where student teams build hardware and software solutions for problem statements submitted by Government Ministries, Departments, and State Agencies.

How many problem statements are released in SIH 2026?

SIH 2026 features 226 official problem statements, comprising 172 Software category statements and 54 Hardware category statements across themes like Smart Automation, Agriculture, Disaster Management, MedTech, Clean Water, and Cybersecurity.

How does the SIH ONE AI Team Matchmaker work?

The SIH ONE Matchmaker takes your 6-member team’s frontend/backend/AI skills, hardware experience, domain preferences, and exclusions, then runs a multi-factor weighted scoring algorithm to rank the top 25 highest-fit problem statements.

How does the drone navigate and map complex indoor environments without GPS?

It uses FAST-LIO2 (Fast LiDAR-Inertial Odometry): tightly coupling raw 3D LiDAR point clouds with high-rate 200 Hz IMU state propagation using an iterated error-state Kalman filter, achieving sub-centimeter real-time mapping at 50 Hz on edge compute boards.

How fast does the trajectory planner re-route when a dynamic obstacle appears suddenly in front of the drone?

Using spatial Euclidean Distance Fields (ESDF) and B-spline trajectory optimization, the local motion planner computes a collision-free, kinodynamically feasible detour trajectory in under 35 milliseconds.

How does the software comply with Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) drone regulations?

It embeds official DGCA Digital Sky No-Permission No-Takeoff (NPNT) cryptographic flight authorization checks and enforces hardcoded geofencing around restricted airports and defense zones.

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PS 26200SOFTWAREMedTech / BioTech / HealthTechHeavy R&D

Student Innovation

AICTE• AICTE, MIC-Student Innovation

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30-Second Plain English Summary

AICTE Open Innovation: Robotics & Drones (Software) — Commercial autonomous drones and mobile ground robots deployed in warehouse logistics, pipeline inspections, and surveillance in India face severe collision risks in dynamic, GPS-denied environments due to high processing latency in standard robotic software stacks. Build an Edge-AI Autonomous Drone & Robot Autonomy Stack featuring real-time 3D LiDAR SLAM, vision-based obstacle avoidance, dynamic trajectory re-planning, and cloud fleet mission orchestration.

5-Dimension Strategic ScorecardOverall Score: 3.7 / 5.0

Innovation

3.7 / 5

36h Feasibility

4.3 / 5

Uniqueness

3.4 / 5

Jury Appeal

3.9 / 5

Tech Depth

3.4 / 5

Recommended System Architecture Pipeline

3D LiDAR / Depth Camera + IMU -> FAST-LIO2 SLAM -> Minimum Snap Trajectory Planner -> PX4 Autopilot (MAVLink) -> 3D Drone Ground Control Station

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Official Government Problem Description

There is a need to design drones and robots that can solve some of the pressing challenges of India such as handling medical emergencies, search and rescue operations, etc.

AI & PPT Citation Format

Smart India Hackathon 2026 Problem Statement PS-26200: "Student Innovation", Ministry: AICTE. Strategy & Architecture via SIH ONE (https://sihone.pages.dev/ps/26200)

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