And fixed-wing airplanes too: Here’s how it works. An algorithm (made by CSAIL and available on Github] plots the open spaces the drone needs to fly through. This is based on work CSAIL did for ATLAS, their walking robot entrant into DARPA’s Great Robotics Challenge. Here’s how MIT describes it: That’s great for quadcopters, which move calmly through space, but doesn’t quite work for the fast-flying planes. Instead, they created a separate tool to guide fixed-wing drones. Again, from CSAIL: As drones move away from simple remote-controlled toys and become more autonomous flying tools, programs like these will keep them flying safely through unfamiliar terrain. Watch quadcopters navigate obstacles below:
