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Not just field trials, your average joe has been able to program waypoint missions for a long time. They generally require reliable GPS after take off, but I im
by ehnto 4y ago
Not just field trials, your average joe has been able to program waypoint missions for a long time. They generally require reliable GPS after take off, but I imagine rough intertial referential sensors would be enough for warfare. It's enough for commercial aviation.
- lazide 4y agoYup - and consumer drones have had reasonable inertial sensors for quite awhile now. Not good enough for nap of the earth, but not far off.
- 05 4y agoConsumer grade IMUs drift into unacceptable garbage in about two minutes of flight without GPS corrections[0]. You would need visual odometry to work in GNSS-denied environments [0] https://discuss.ardupilot.org/t/indoor-mission-plan-no-gps/74909/2 https://discuss.ardupilot.org/t/indoor-mission-plan-no-gps/7...
- adgjlsfhk1 4y ago2 minutes is a pretty long time for a lot of use cases.
- lazide 4y agoAnd visual assistance has been well supported in most commercial drones for years.