An AI pilot may be able to navigate crowded airspace
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University believe they have developed the first AI pilot that enables autonomous aircraft to navigate a crowded airspace.
Aug 08, 2022
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Automotive
Pilots downplay impact of stress on flight safety
Research from the University of Aberdeen has found that general aviation pilots do not consider stress to be as great a risk to flight safety as other factors such as inclement weather. This is contrary to guidance from flight ...
Apr 20, 2021
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DARPA announces progress in Air Combat Evolution program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has revealed strides in its Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program. Midway through Phase 1, the program has accomplished several goals on the path toward live subscale aircraft ...
Mar 23, 2021 report
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Pilot redundancies dodged as Lufthansa inks deal with union
German airline Lufthansa said Wednesday it has reached a deal with a union that heads off any forced redundancies of pilots to March 2022, as the aviation giant struggles to stay solvent in the pandemic.
Dec 23, 2020
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Japanese grocery chain testing remotely controlled robot stockers
Japanese grocery chain FamilyMart has teamed up with Tokyo startup Telexistence to test the idea of using a remotely controlled shelf stocking robot named the Model-T to restock grocery shelves. On its website, Telexistence ...
Sep 21, 2020 report
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Deep drone acrobatics
A navigation algorithm developed at the University of Zurich enables drones to learn challenging acrobatic maneuvers. Autonomous quadcopters can be trained using simulations to increase their speed, agility and efficiency, ...
Jun 23, 2020
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Commuting in the sky: Flight system tech in demo debut
No potholes, no fender-benders, no middle-finger greetings when you try to pass, no lane closings, no long delays....just travel between cities quickly if done skyward, and for the tired commuters (cut to mighty violins) ...
Dec 18, 2019 weblog
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Few aeroplanes land automatically but new systems could make this the norm
When it comes to planes cruising through the air, many of us are used to the idea of them flying on autopilot with little or no input from a human pilot as they travel from one destination to another. Landing a plane under ...
Oct 17, 2019
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Measuring up: ONR tech makes sure aviators and aircraft are a perfect fit
The aspiring U.S. Navy pilot ran through a series of motions—sitting, kneeling, stretching out his arm—to gauge the type of aircraft cockpit his body would fit.
Aug 28, 2019
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Despite consumer worries, the future of aviation will be more automated
In the wake of the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes of Boeing 737 Max planes, people are thinking about how much of their air travel is handled by software and automated systems – as opposed to the friendly pilots ...
Mar 25, 2019
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