WPI, Aurora Researching Safer Autonomous UAVs

Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
As unmanned aircraft become more autonomous, the software controlling their behavior becomes more complex. And the problem of ensuring that software does only what it is supposed to becomes more challenging. Under an 18-month, $185,000 grant from the U.S. Air Force, researchers at Worcester...
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