Drones can now fly through forests at 40kmph — run and hide, humans

If you’re ever lost in the woods (or on the lam), watch out for high-speed quadcopters following you through the trees. The drones can now fly through complex and unknown environments at up to 40kmph, thanks to a new AI approach developed at the University of Zurich. The team says their approach reduces failure rates at high speeds by up to 10 times when compared with other state-of-the-art methods. Credit: UZH. The quadcopter’s flight lessons took place in a simulation. An algorithm first piloted a computer-generated drone through a simulated environment that contained complex obstacles. This data was used to…

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