Toward Autonomous Unmanned Aircraft Technology 137
coondoggie writes with a NetworkWorld piece that begins, "Researchers at Purdue will soon experiment with an unmanned aircraft that pretty much flies itself with little human intervention. The aircraft will use a combination of global-positioning system technology and a guidance system called AttoPilot ... to guide the aerial vehicle to predetermined points. Researchers can be stationed off-site to monitor the aircraft and control its movements remotely. AttoPilot was installed in the aircraft early this year, and testing will begin in the spring, researchers said."
obligatory (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Ring Ring! (Score:5, Funny)
Even a flock of geese can put a plane in the Hudson, how hard would it be for a computer?
Re:Niche operation perhaps... (Score:4, Funny)
One of the things I quite like about playing video games is that nobody actually dies.
They do if you force-quit the application before they have a chance to respawn, like I do.