Autonomy Software Enables Canine-Machine Teaming

A search-and-rescue dog received audio commands generated autonomously by a drone flying overhead.
Credit: Scientific Systems
Move over manned-unmanned teaming. A U.S. company has demonstrated a mammal-machine team comprising an autonomous UAV and a rescue dog. Under a DARPA project, the pair collaborated to conduct a simulated search-and-rescue mission without intervention from the dog’s handler. The demo was performed by...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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