Re:The race to find the 'holy grail' of drone technology
by mdonahoe on Sunday July 10, 2016 @03:34AM
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Depends on how sophisticated you want the avoidance to be!
On one end of the spectrum, you could have the Roomba-style drone that physically feels the obstacles. Contact on a bumper would instruct the drone to stop, avoiding a flight-ending collision. It would probably need to fly pretty slowly though.
On the other end of the spectrum, you could match the incredible FPV drone pilot Charpu [1] with onboard AI. Flying full speed through very narrow gaps with a long term goal in mind.
On one end of the spectrum, you could have the Roomba-style drone that physically feels the obstacles. Contact on a bumper would instruct the drone to stop, avoiding a flight-ending collision. It would probably need to fly pretty slowly though.
On the other end of the spectrum, you could match the incredible FPV drone pilot Charpu [1] with onboard AI. Flying full speed through very narrow gaps with a long term goal in mind.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MBW8zoZUR4