Robot at the helm. Boeing tests artificial intelligence drones
Boeing Australia “trained” the unmanned aircraft to identify problems, make decisions and act during an autonomous mission.
The successful flight test mission was part of an annual project to develop unmanned technologies in Australia, Boeing said.
“We are developing machine learning methods in a lab environment with multiple drones”, – said Emily Hughes, director of Boeing Phantom Works International.
“We have effectively taught unmanned systems to drive and learn through simulation so that they can manifest purpose in the real world and then decide to act or react to the environment”, – she added.
This technology is especially important for surveillance and reconnaissance missions.
“During flight tests, we saw the aircraft’s ability to independently identify and classify targets; plan a route on board the unmanned system; then dynamically coordinate with manned and unmanned platforms to complete the mission”, – Hughes said.
The tests are being conducted for the Australian Defense Forces, which require improved positioning and target identification capabilities in congested and challenging environments.
The drones independently adjusted their flight in such a way as to get a better overview of the identified targets for more accurate classification. Other details of the tests were not specified.
Source: nv.ua
