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Ultralightweight sonar plus AI lets tiny drones navigate like bats

  • Written by Nitin Sanket, Assistant Professor of Robotics Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Ultralightweight sonar plus AI lets tiny drones navigate like batsThis small drone is using sonar, similar to bats' echolocation, to navigate through a grove of trees.Nitin Sanket

To help small aerial robots navigate in the dark and other low-visibility environments, my colleagues and I developed an ultrasound-based perception system inspired by bat echolocation.

Current robots rely heavily on camerasor light...

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