This week in drone news, Autel firmware update, DJI drones not clear says Department of Defense, Olympics drone show, and Autonomous races beat human racers.
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00:51 Autel Geofencing update
05:22 DJI Drones not clear?
11:46 Tokyo Olympics Drone Show
12:20 Autonomous Race Drone beats human racers
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DJI Drones not clear
The DOD released a statement saying that DJI drones pose a potential threat to national security.
This comes a few weeks after a leaked Pentagon report found no malicious code in two DJI productions. “In 2018, DOD issued a ban on the purchase and use of all commercial off-the-shelf drones, regardless of manufacturer, due to cybersecurity concerns. The following year, Congress passed legislation specifically banning the purchase and use of drones and components manufactured in China. DOD complies with Section 848 of the FY20 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and additional guidance provided by Executive Order 13981.”
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Tokyo Olympics Drone Show
Not US news… But! The Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony included a light show with 1824 drones
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Autonomous Drone Beat Human Racers
An autonomous race drone that is faster than human pilots?
This system from the University of Zurich is an algorithm that allowed the drone to complete the gates faster than a human.
"The key idea is, rather than assigning sections of the flight path to specific waypoints, that our algorithm just tells the drone to pass through all waypoints, but not how or when to do that," said PhD student and author Philipp Foehn.
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