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This very much smells like fluff piece. Tech for obstacle avoidance is not yet mature to the level where it would be safe to have autonomous drones near bird pa
by sytelus 8y ago
This very much smells like fluff piece. Tech for obstacle avoidance is not yet mature to the level where it would be safe to have autonomous drones near bird path and potential busy air traffic. Add battery restrictions, wind, weather etc and you get nice vaporware demo.
- jhabdas 8y agoWhat happens when the pilots come to depend on the vaporware and are no longer skilled enough to land in their own? Or when they run the avoidable risk of colliding with drones as opposed to a flock of geese?
- prawn 8y agoMy off-the-shelf $1k drone can fly fine in heavy wind and light rain. With minor mods, it could probably handle heavier rain too. Any wind it can't handle is going to discourage birds too.