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Two young former drone racers, Monroe-Anderson and Hichwa, have built Neros Technologies into a major U.S. defense contractor, securing over $121 million in funding and multiple military contracts for their Chinese-free FPV drones, transforming battlefield tactics and challenging China's dominance in drone manufacturing.
Researchers in Switzerland have developed a small drone powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that has beaten human champions in drone racing. The quadcopter drone, equipped with an AI brain, outperformed its human rivals in 15 out of 25 races. The drone used a combination of AI and conventional programming, including reinforcement learning, to teach itself the fastest route around the race course. While the technology shows promise, it still has limitations and needs to overcome challenges such as external disturbances and changing light conditions to compete in more complex real-world environments.
An autonomous AI-based drone system called Swift has defeated human drone-racing champions in a real-world competition. Swift, equipped with artificial intelligence that learns through trial and error, outperformed three human adversaries and achieved the fastest time on the racetrack. This victory demonstrates the growing capabilities of AI in surpassing human performance in various fields, including drone racing.