Drone Flies by Looking at Landscape

McGill University researchers have developed a UAV control system that uses vision algorithms to guide the aircraft along a coastline. Read more: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-software/robotic-drone-f...

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[helohsn]

skynet.... its getting closer

[Murtage33e]

@helohsn well those seeker killer robots don't just fly by magic you know! for one I welcome our new robot overlords.

[roidroid]

@myshoescramp problem: lead plated robots

[TheFluffyDuck]

When I heard of this I couldn't help but think of a "yo, mumma so fat" joke.

[t3chnopunk]

A new way to invade personal privacy.

[mimicmasterax]

@Neodudeman Since this work is based on analyzing color in the image, you are probably right in assuming that it will perform poorly at night. Nevertheless, by tweaking the algorithm to work with an infrared camera setup might easily do the trick. Failing that, just use the logged trajectory gathered during day time to repeat fly-overs at night.

[Neodudeman]

That's kind of cool.

I wonder how well it does at night.

[myshoescramp]

good thing I got me lead plated room ready for when man has to set off the emps