Tata Consultancy Services and Bharti Airtel Limited announced the successful testing of innovative use cases from TCS' Neural ManufacturingTM solutions suite on Airtel's ultra-fast 5G network. Following the allocation of 5G trial spectrum by the Department of Telecommunications, TCS and Airtel partnered to test use cases from TCS' Neural Manufacturing suite of solutions. These solutions help manufacturers build smart, cognitive factories which mimic resilient and adaptive behaviors.

They leverage the ultra-reliable low latency communication, enhanced bandwidth, and high device density characteristics of 5G networks and the combinatorial power of emerging technologies like AI/ML, computer vision, industrial robotics and AR/VR to enable autonomous actions on the shopfloor. TCS successfully tested two use cases on Airtel's 5G testbed - remote manufacturing operations using robotics, and vision-based quality inspection, demonstrating how TCS' Neural Manufacturing solutions and 5G technology can transform plant operations, and significantly boost quality, productivity, and safety.