While the ban on "Level 4" flight, which allows drones to fly in areas where people cannot be seen, such as in urban areas, has been lifted, experiments are being conducted on a new technology that allows drones to avoid places where people are by AI analysis. I was.
The experiment was conducted by a research group from the University of Tokyo and others on the grounds of Saitama City.
The drone this time is designed to fly while constantly calculating the falling point in case of a crash based on altitude and speed, and in an experiment, when AI detects that there is a person at the predicted falling point, it automatically creates an avoidance route. I was heading to my destination.
After arriving, the aircraft waited in a hovering state until there were no people on the ground before landing. .
Regarding drones, on the 5th of this month, the ban on advanced flight called "Level 4" was lifted, which allows drones to fly above people in a range that is invisible to the naked eye. and
Professor Takeshi Tsuchiya of the University of Tokyo, who conducted the experiment, said, "While the market for drones is expected to expand significantly in the future, the technology is still in its infancy. I was talking to