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>Real-world applications include environmental monitoring or disaster response. Why do they always feel compelled to write this nonsense? The real-world appli

>Real-world applications include environmental monitoring or disaster response. Why do they always feel compelled to write this nonsense? The real-world application is killing people. Nothing else requires anything like this level of performance.

foxyv 3y ago
Gotta love the cheeky euphemisms of these companies. In this case, disaster response isn't responding to a disaster, it's a response that causes a disaster. Preferably for people you do not like.
WithinReason 3y ago
For some reason every time there is a new robotics development the application is "disaster response".
- skyyler 3y ago
  These are for disaster response the same way rockets are for space exploration.
mrexroad 3y ago
> why […]? Their world-view (and knowledge) of disaster response was shaped by steady diet of 90’s disaster films — Volcano, Dante’s Peak, Armageddon, Twister, etc.
tomovo 3y ago
I'm guessing faster Street view updates could be next. Park the car, release bunch of drones (permission from the town is no problem, it's good for local businesses), have all nearby streets scanned in a few minutes. Eventually have a base station in each city and do daily (hourly?) updates.
- stevage 3y ago
  >permission from the town is no problem That may be true in a small number of very pro-technology cities in the US, but I think it's far from the case around the world in general. Btw, I think the point has been missed here a bit. Autonomous drone technology has been available for quite a while, and is used for use cases like the ones you describe (but usually on private property). The new thing here is drone racing - very high speed, high precision flying.
awildappears 3y ago
because we live in the real world where stuff costs money and money comes from people who want to see a return because they dont want to go broke
- deleted 3y ago
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rasz 3y ago
The disaster they meant is russia. Ukraine could use a cheap AI tracker module to take over those last few meters when drone is too low and video feed breaks. https://nitter.net/666_mancer/status/1696881141691625640 https://nitter.net/666_mancer/status/1696881141691625640 https://nitter.net/wartranslated/status/1696923734286778786 https://nitter.net/wartranslated/status/1696923734286778786
zirgs 3y ago
If those people don't want to get killed then they should not invade other countries.
- djoletina 3y ago
  Which ones, Americans or Russians?
  - zirgs 3y ago
    Both.
cainxinth 3y ago
It’s both. I have a client who does drone flyovers for oil and gas industry monitoring. They also do some disaster response work, and it can indeed be delicate flying, especially given the value of the drones and their sensor packages. Companies like theirs will absolutely use tech like this to replace expensive human pilots with AI once it’s widely available.
berniedurfee 3y ago
Agreed, this is friggin’ terrifying.
- berniedurfee 3y ago
  Although, I have a wild fantasy that someone will build fleets of drones that’ll take to a battlefield with the sole purpose of stopping a conflict. Buzzing around, disabling vehicles, grabbing weapons and ammo, plugging up artillery barrels, flashing lights in combatants eyes, softly playing contemporary adult jazz… basically making it impossible for the two sides to fight. Peacenik Bots, premiering on Netflix next year.

foxyv 3y ago

Gotta love the cheeky euphemisms of these companies. In this case, disaster response isn't responding to a disaster, it's a response that causes a disaster. Preferably for people you do not like.

WithinReason 3y ago

For some reason every time there is a new robotics development the application is "disaster response".

skyyler 3y ago
These are for disaster response the same way rockets are for space exploration.

mrexroad 3y ago

> why […]? Their world-view (and knowledge) of disaster response was shaped by steady diet of 90’s disaster films — Volcano, Dante’s Peak, Armageddon, Twister, etc.

tomovo 3y ago

I'm guessing faster Street view updates could be next. Park the car, release bunch of drones (permission from the town is no problem, it's good for local businesses), have all nearby streets scanned in a few minutes. Eventually have a base station in each city and do daily (hourly?) updates.

stevage 3y ago
>permission from the town is no problem That may be true in a small number of very pro-technology cities in the US, but I think it's far from the case around the world in general. Btw, I think the point has been missed here a bit. Autonomous drone technology has been available for quite a while, and is used for use cases like the ones you describe (but usually on private property). The new thing here is drone racing - very high speed, high precision flying.

awildappears 3y ago

because we live in the real world where stuff costs money and money comes from people who want to see a return because they dont want to go broke

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rasz 3y ago

The disaster they meant is russia. Ukraine could use a cheap AI tracker module to take over those last few meters when drone is too low and video feed breaks. https://nitter.net/666_mancer/status/1696881141691625640 https://nitter.net/666_mancer/status/1696881141691625640 https://nitter.net/wartranslated/status/1696923734286778786 https://nitter.net/wartranslated/status/1696923734286778786

zirgs 3y ago

If those people don't want to get killed then they should not invade other countries.

djoletina 3y ago
Which ones, Americans or Russians?
- zirgs 3y ago
  Both.

cainxinth 3y ago

It’s both. I have a client who does drone flyovers for oil and gas industry monitoring. They also do some disaster response work, and it can indeed be delicate flying, especially given the value of the drones and their sensor packages. Companies like theirs will absolutely use tech like this to replace expensive human pilots with AI once it’s widely available.

berniedurfee 3y ago

Agreed, this is friggin’ terrifying.

berniedurfee 3y ago
Although, I have a wild fantasy that someone will build fleets of drones that’ll take to a battlefield with the sole purpose of stopping a conflict. Buzzing around, disabling vehicles, grabbing weapons and ammo, plugging up artillery barrels, flashing lights in combatants eyes, softly playing contemporary adult jazz… basically making it impossible for the two sides to fight. Peacenik Bots, premiering on Netflix next year.