A German drone firm claims to have made a major breakthrough in autonomous swarm technology.
Munich-based Quantum Systems announced on Tuesday that it has successfully flownAI-controlled Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in swarms.
The company said the AI ensured reliable mission execution evenwhen individual drones completely failed.
The system also operated effectively under radio interference.
The team first trained the AI with deep reinforcement learning a trial and error approach made famousby DeepMind.
This enabled the system to refine its tactics through continuous self-optimisation, they said.
After tests in a simulated environment, the AI took to the real skies.
This then fed into an Airbusbattle management system.
Vector also proved capable of autonomous reconnaissance and target acquisition when GPS is jammed abig problemfor Ukraines military drones.
Its about protecting soldiers and increasing safety, he said.
In the future, there will be no way around software-based and AI-supported systems for drone technology.
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He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse).
