MIT develops remarkable autonomous, agile indoor UAV
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Researches at MIT have demonstrated a remarkable new autonomous, fixed-wing micro-UAV capable of flying and avoiding obstacles in an indoor environment
The UAV's Atom processor-driven electronics
The Group developed a small airplane with a wingspan of 2 meters (6.5 ft) weighing just 2 kg (4.4 lb)
The UAV takes flight
The UAV hardware, sans wings
The UAV's eyes and ears are an onboard laser range-scanner and an inertial measurement unit
A readout from the UAV's laser-range scanner. Blue areas are free space, yellow edges denote obstacles
Images from the UAV's onboard cameras
The UAV is autonomous, planning its own route through the environment
The UAV is autonomous, planning its own route through the environment
The UAV flies through a multi-story car park
The UAV maneuvers through a multi-story car park
Onboard with the UAV
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Researches at MIT have demonstrated a remarkable new micro-UAV capable of flying and avoiding obstacles in an indoor environment. It's autonomous, gathers data solely from onboard sensors (without GPS), and is fixed-wing—so it doesn't have the luxury of hovering.
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