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Autonomous search-and-rescue drones outperform humans at navigating forest trails

NCCR Robotics in the media: Autonomous search-and-rescue drones outperform humans at navigating forest trails

NCCR Robotics in the media: Autonomous search-and-rescue drones outperform humans at navigating forest trails

Publication date: February 11, 2016
Published in: The Verge
Link: http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/11/10965414/autonomous-drones-deep-learning-navigation-mapping
Keywords: artificial intelligence, control, flying robots, mobile robots

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