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Delivery drones can learn to see and dodge obstacles in-flight

By Chris Baraniuk

10 July 2018

A drone dodges an obstacle in mid-air

A drone learns to dodge in-flight obstacles

ETH Zurich

Drones have a habit of . If they are ever to be relied on for delivering packages in complex environments like cities, they’re going to have to get smarter. A team of researchers from the University of Zurich and Intel has come up with – learn to dodge obstacles as they fly.

and colleagues wanted to develop drones that could autonomously pilot themselves through hoops or gates used in drone racing. They prepared a track with such gates laid out…

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