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Total Autopilot: A Step Closer

Posted September 20, 2012 10:56 AM

From Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories:

(Phys.org)â€"Will planes someday fly without pilots? Three EPFL laboratories, commissioned by Honeywell and operating under the auspices of EPFL's Transportation Center, are working on this possibility by developing collision-prediction, avoidance, and real-time vision algorithms. The project is a formidable technological challenge.

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09/20/2012 10:34 PM

I volunteer to be a test virtual passenger!
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Re: Total Autopilot: A Step Closer

09/21/2012 4:50 AM

"Beam me up, Scotty!" - 'James T Kirk'.

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09/22/2012 5:17 AM

Except that even the Enterprise required a human pilot in Commander Hikaru Sulu.

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09/22/2012 8:23 AM

Uh-oh... umm, HAL??
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