Fully-autonomous helicopter detects and avoids obstacles in its path at speeds over 20 knots. This is a demonstration by Carnegie Mellon to DARPA in 2007.
The system used a custom 3-D scanning LADAR to detect obstacles as small as a 6mm 2%-reflective wire at 90 meters distance. It then reacted to unmapped obstacles in the appropriate manner, arriving at its destination with no intervention from the operators.
What wavelength is the LIDAR using?
BFDK 1 year ago
Epic ;O
NeophyteHooliganer 1 year ago
Pretty impressive!
dahuudge 1 year ago