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Originally Posted by motion
I also wonder how soon it will be before an autonomous car can out-perform a human driver. Can't be too far off. The progress being made with this tech is really astounding.
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They are already better than any human, especially in aviation.
The accuracy of the auto pilots is incredible: The technology has advanced to the point where six axis gyros that used to be the size of a small suitcase are now card sized...all feeding control inputs ten times faster and with more accuracy than any human.
I managed the development and deployment of the UAS in the two videos below, both for the Marines and Navy. We actually had to "dither" the signal to the bird so it would not hit the exact same spot on the wing during recovery.
Scan Eagle launches to look for pirates by NVNS