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Google funded NASA's JPL for Drone Autonomy

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  • 04-12-2017 7:04pm
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    slade_x
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 1,424 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Although only slightly related to A&S by JPL's mention, apparently Google have been funding NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to apply one of their navigation systems for spacecraft to Multirotors.

    https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/drone-race-human-versus-artificial-intelligence
    Drone racing is a high-speed sport demanding instinctive reflexes -- but humans won't be the only competitors for long.

    Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, put their work to the test recently. Timing laps through a twisting obstacle course, they raced drones controlled by artificial intelligence (A.I.) against a professional human pilot.

    The race, held on Oct. 12, capped off two years of research into drone autonomy funded by Google. The company was interested in JPL's work with vision-based navigation for spacecraft -- technologies that can also be applied to drones. To demonstrate the team's progress, JPL set up a timed trial between their A.I. and world-class drone pilot Ken Loo.

    The team built three custom drones (dubbed Batman, Joker and Nightwing) and developed the complex algorithms the drones needed to fly at high speeds while avoiding obstacles. These algorithms were integrated with Google's Tango technology, which JPL also worked on.

    The drones were built to racing specifications and........ continued at link
    Direct link to youtube:



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