TCS: Lights-Out Factory Advances Physical AI

has launched its Industrial Autonomy & Engineering Lab – Lights-Out Factory at its Sahyadri Park campus in Pune, positioning itself deeper into AI-led industrial transformation. TCS describes the facility as India’s first lights-out factory lab, where autonomous systems can operate manufacturing processes with minimal human intervention. The facility houses a fully robotic battery-pack assembly line and combines digital twins, robotics, industrial AI, factory control systems and real-time operational intelligence. Manufacturers can use the live setup to prototype, test and validate AI-first production systems before deploying them in actual factories, potentially reducing implementation risks. The lab supports use cases such as predictive maintenance, automated quality inspection, real-time process optimisation, human-machine collaboration and autonomous factory operations. This builds on TCS’ broader Industrial Autonomy and Engineering initiative, including its earlier NVIDIA-powered lab in Bengaluru focused on Physical AI for industrial and mobility applications.