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Airbus Eyes Autonomous Aircraft

Posted August 24, 2016 12:00 AM by Engineering360 eNewsletter

A first prototype is scheduled for 2017, and the company is already building and testing vehicle subsystems. The goal: an autonomous flying vehicle platform for single-passenger and cargo transport. Airbus envisions transport service providers operating the system like car-sharing applications, with customers using smartphones to book a flight.

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08/26/2016 1:28 PM

I'm thinking that building an autonomous aircraft is an easier task than creating an autonomous automobile. An aircraft generally has at least a cubic mile of airspace to itself, no other vehicles approaching from the opposite direction and passing within a few feet, no vehicles pulling out from side roads, no children running out from behind parked cars, etc.

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