For the first time, AI dominates humanity’s best in a real-world sport

Now they're beating us in real-world sports: an AI has dominated world-champion drone racers head-to-head

High-speed drone racing has just had a shocking “Deep Blue” moment, as an autonomous AI designed by University of Zurich researchers repeatedly forced three world champion-level pilots to eat its dust, showing uncanny precision in dynamic flight.

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Airspeeder prepares for crewed eVTOL racing with Mk4 design reveal

Following more than 350 test flights and two demonstration races of its remotely piloted Airspeeder Mk3 eVTOL, Alauda Aeronautics has revealed the design for the first crewed racer – which boasts a top speed of 360 km/h and a range of 300 km.Continue R… Continue reading Airspeeder prepares for crewed eVTOL racing with Mk4 design reveal

First Airspeeder EXA Series eVTOL race takes off in South Australia

After nailing a remotely piloted eVTOL drag race last year, and successfully completing its 250th test flight recently, Alauda Aeronautics has now announced the winner of its first uncrewed Airspeeder EXA race above the salt flats of South Australia.Co… Continue reading First Airspeeder EXA Series eVTOL race takes off in South Australia

Airspeeder clocks up 250th test flight ahead of Grand Prix race series

What began with an unsuccessful Kickstarter in 2017 is about to break out as a thrilling new aerial sport later this year, following the announcement by Alauda Aeronautics of the successful completion of its 250th Airspeeder racing eVTOL test flight.Co… Continue reading Airspeeder clocks up 250th test flight ahead of Grand Prix race series

Magenta 5G drone set to provide live HD footage of sporting events

While drone racing is becoming increasingly popular as a televised sport, the grainy and glitchy live video from the drones’ onboard cameras still leaves something to be desired. T-Mobile and The Drone Racing League (DRL) have set about addressing that… Continue reading Magenta 5G drone set to provide live HD footage of sporting events

Autonomous racing drone claims landmark victory against human pilots

One of the many ways researchers are working to improve the performance of autonomous drones is by having them compete against humans in the business of racing them. It takes some skill to pilot a tiny quadcopter through confined spaces at blistering s… Continue reading Autonomous racing drone claims landmark victory against human pilots

Airspeeder flying race car takes to the air over South Australian desert

We’ve been hearing about Matt Pearson’s dream to race multirotor flying cars for a few years now, with startup Alauda Aeronautics making its international public debut in 2019 and an awesome-looking full-sized electric racer revealed earlier this year…. Continue reading Airspeeder flying race car takes to the air over South Australian desert

World’s first manned aerobatic drone shown pulling loops and rolls

This racy-looking 12-rotor coaxial multicopter has been filmed in Croatia pulling extreme rolls and loops, and carrying a human on board. Not at the same time, mind you, but still, to see a drone of this size pulling stunts like this is astonishing.Con… Continue reading World’s first manned aerobatic drone shown pulling loops and rolls