Post by Melodic Chicken
the ability to navigate autonomously, without access to any global navigation satellite system (GNSS). To do that, the computer runs a neural network that, like an old-fashioned traveler, compares views of landmarks with positions on a map to determine its position. More precisely, the drone uses real-time views from a downward-facing optical camera, comparing them against stored satellite images, to determine its position.
Wow. Those Ukrainian engineers are clever
To avoid GPS, One side uses satellite imagery + computer vision. The other uses fiber optic.
Having a read now. I've largely ignored drone tech, thinking "yeah, small craft that can travel unmanned, got it", but beginning to think it's a bigger deal than I realized
Are they? GPS/GNSS is receive only on earth. Only the satellites transmit. That means there is no signal from the GPS in a drone to track. But what about jamming preventing the drone from hitting the right target? That is an interesting problem because jamming breaks all receivers in the region. Mi
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> On top of that computer vision is extremely expensive compared to GPS If you are comparing to the cost of running a e.g. F-16, or a Sukhoi cost is ~~ tens of millions vs thousands. Drones with computer vision are at least four orders of magnitude cheaper