Alain Herzog/2021 EPFLThe average person probably hasn’t given it much thought, but there are actually tons of fantastic applications for a swarm of drones. From practical operations like crop spraying to a lively light show, the sky is certainly the limit. But first, we have to teach them not to crash into each other. Enrica Soria, a mathematical engineer and robotics PhD student from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), cares about this issue too. She built a computer model that could successfully simulate the trajectories of five autonomous drones flying through a thick forest without a single collision. However, she realized that in order to test this out in the real world, she’d need to overcome a surprising obstacle: trees. Drones, especially the higher-end quadcopters she wanted to use, are pricey, and sacrificing a few of them during the… Click below to read the full story from How To Geek
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No Trees Were Harmed in the Training of this DRONE SWARM
