TED Talk: the future of drones

Tony Kiburis · Feb 3, 2019

This is a 2016 TED talking about autonomous drone flight.
Even today it is a fascinating glimpse into the future of drone capabilities.
Have fun,
Tony

Deleted member 79533 · Feb 3, 2019

Tony Kiburis said:
This is a 2016 TED talking about autonomous drone flight.
Even today it is a fascinating glimpse into the future of drone capabilities.
Have fun,
Tony

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Thank you, that is fascinating.

UAVNV · Feb 4, 2019

Vehicles for artificial intelligence in the future, farmers really

Tony Kiburis · Feb 4, 2019

UAVNV said:
Vehicles for artificial intelligence in the future, farmers really

Yes, farmers are using aerial photos to spot disease, crop damage, drought conditions vie manned aircraft right now.
Drones are much cheaper.
Tony

Treeofliberty · Feb 8, 2019

The artistry of the swarm was mesmerizing. The real limiting factor right now is the cognitive compute power you can put on board, but that that won't be limiting too much longer.

Tony Kiburis · Feb 8, 2019

Treeofliberty said:
The artistry of the swarm was mesmerizing. The real limiting factor right now is the cognitive compute power you can put on board, but that that won't be limiting too much longer.

Check out this resent article about military drones. Be sure to watch the video at the end.

Pentagon Still Questioning How Smart to Make Its Drone Swarms

Treeofliberty · Feb 9, 2019

Tony Kiburis said:
Check out this resent article about military drones. Be sure to watch the video at the end.

Pentagon Still Questioning How Smart to Make Its Drone Swarms

It is good to see the article focusing on the behavior of the swarm. Weapon systems are validated in a very deterministic manner. When this happens, the platform should do that. Autonomous systems are not programmed, they are trained, making their behavior non-deterministic and it differs wildly with the environments. Testing these enough to be confident in their expected behavior is the real challenge for autonomous systems. The technology is rather trivial in comparison.

There's something creepy and unnerving about the sound of the swarm.