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Toward Autonomous Unmanned Aircraft Technology
coondoggie writes with a NetworkWorld piece that begins, "Researchers at Purdue will soon experiment with an unmanned aircraft that pretty much flies itself with little human intervention. The aircraft will use a combination of global-positioning system technology and a guidance system called AttoPilot ... to guide the aerial vehicle to predetermined points. Researchers can be stationed off-site to monitor the aircraft and control its movements remotely. AttoPilot was installed in the aircraft early this year, and testing will begin in the spring, researchers said."
I for one welcome our new unmanned robotic aircraft overlords!
Even a flock of geese can put a plane in the Hudson, how hard would it be for a computer?
One of the things I quite like about playing video games is that nobody actually dies.
They do if you force-quit the application before they have a chance to respawn, like I do.
W..w..W - Willy Waterloo washes Warren Wiggins who is washing Waldo Woo.