@BenjaminDEKR: Sound-based drone interception This project (Duke University) could probably be sold to the U.S. gov at any price they …
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SonicFly, a research project from Duke University, enables a UAV to intercept another drone by passively listening to its flight sound using aeroacoustic perception.
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Sound-based drone interception 🤯
This project (Duke University) could probably be sold to the U.S. gov at any price they name.
Boyuan Chen (@Boyuan__Chen): What if a drone could follow another drone simply by listening to the sound of flight?
After more than 2 years of work, I’m excited to share SonicFly, our new work on embodied passive aeroacoustic perception. SonicFly enables one UAV to estimate and follow another using only the
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