Autonomous drone navigates independently through the forest at 40 km/h
Don’t be distracted by the apparent application. This is academic work. The achievement is the state estimation and control sufficient to fly fast around a semi-structured environment without a map.<p>No one really cares very much about flying fast through trees, though it’s cool as hell. The point is that they are pushing the performance envelope so that more applications fall inside it.<p>Davide’s team has made great contributions in sensing and controls for UAVs over the years. Great stuff.