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Fly like a human pilot
Teach a drone to fly like a human pilot.
Today, autonomous drones can fulfill complex tasks by estimating their 6DoF pose using visual-inertial odometry. However, state-of-the-art VIO methods rely on strong assumptions about the environment and sensors to work properly. If any of the assumptions is violated in practice, the performance will degrade rapidly, and VIO systems may fail completely, leading to a certain crash of the drone.
On the other hand, human pilots can control drones with astonishing agility through complex race tracks without the need of an accurate or globally consistent state estimate. Could an autonomous drone do the same?
Today, autonomous drones can fulfill complex tasks by estimating their 6DoF pose using visual-inertial odometry. However, state-of-the-art VIO methods rely on strong assumptions about the environment and sensors to work properly. If any of the assumptions is violated in practice, the performance will degrade rapidly, and VIO systems may fail completely, leading to a certain crash of the drone. On the other hand, human pilots can control drones with astonishing agility through complex race tracks without the need of an accurate or globally consistent state estimate. Could an autonomous drone do the same?
In simulation, teach a drone to perform simple navigation tasks only conditioned on the image from a forward facing camera.
In simulation, teach a drone to perform simple navigation tasks only conditioned on the image from a forward facing camera.