China Just Approved Flying Taxis – No Pilot Needed

Re:China Just Approved Flying Taxis – No Pilot Needed by gmuslera on Saturday April 12, 2025 @02:57PM (#43667023)

1 word: birds.

Anyway, detecting and avoiding obstacles should be in the menu. Maybe not as complex as at street level with people and cars doing unexpected things, but maybe with some added complexity that need to have into account like weather, inertia and things near landing sites.

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Re:China Just Approved Flying Taxis – No Pilot Needed by ablob on Sunday April 13, 2025 @07:54AM (#43672096)

I'm not sure you can avoid birds like a skateboad running onto the street. If anything I expect dynamic avoid areas or timed "no fly" zones depending on bird mass. Maneuvering to avoid birds seems like a recipe for disaster.

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Re:China Just Approved Flying Taxis – No Pilot Needed by euroderf on Sunday April 13, 2025 @10:51AM (#43673214)

If a drone flies at a speed that gives birds time to take notice and react/avoid, does it remove the danger ? I wonder if there is wide variation among species.

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