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Can Your Drone Fly Like a Cat?
No, but it may soon see like a cat
There is a centuries-old idiom in English culture adapted from a Scottish proverb: “When pigs fly.” It’s meant to express doubt about an individual’s ability or willingness to complete a task. For example, “I’ll have all my chores done in an hour,” a child declares to his parent. The parent replies, somewhat sarcastically, “I’ll believe…
How High Can AAM Go with AI?
EASA’s EUROCONTROL shows us 6 ways Human-AI teaming could take flight.
The potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to board tomorrow’s aircraft, partner with humans, and propel the aviation industry to new heights is a tantalizing proposition. Aviation + AI has the potential to reduce costly delays and shrink the industry’s carbon footprint while enhancing safety in the cockpit, facilitating single pilot operations, and managing what promises…
Drones, Drones, and More Drones
5 Advanced Air Mobility Experts Enlighten Us on What Will Soon Be Ubiquitous in the Skies Overhead
AAM Today wanted to know what we should be aware of about the state of drones now and in the future. Five leading AAM experts gave us the lowdown on what will soon be above.
Using Redundancy and Risk Awareness to Improve UAM Network Design
In their study, “Risk-aware urban air mobility network design with overflow redundancy,” University of Texas at Austion professors John-Paul Clarke and Ufuk Topcu, along with their postdoctoral fellows, Qinshuang Wei, and Zhenyu Gao, have devised a plan for urban air mobility (UAM) network design that factors in reserve capacity that takes into account alternative landing…
Using AI-driven Drones to Put Out a World on Fire
Once a fire is detected at a specific location, an autonomous drone with a visual camera flies toward the identified geolocation of the node to monitor the fire’s progress. The drone runs our novel fire center detection and tracking algorithm for precise localization and then uses an appropriate countermeasure to extinguish the fire.
AAM by the Numbers
How much, how far, how safe, how noisy…?
Forgive the dated metaphor, but the advanced air mobility (AAM) market is picking up steam and over the next eight years or so is expected to achieve market growth valuations even the tech industry would be envious of. At AAM Today, we’ve pulled together some of the key figures to help put into perspective what…