Intel and Ascending Show Drones That Safely Fly Themselves

According to Wired, one of the most talked about demos during CES involved four men playing a game with AscTec Firefly drones in which the hovering aircraft would move whenever a body approached. This would enable players to essentially “pass” a drone to another player, which was not the result of a remote control operator, but rather the drones’ ability to “see” someone coming. The ability is enabled by “an autopilot system built by German company Ascending Technologies based in part on Intel’s RealSense 3D cameras… The AscTec Firefly pong drones are a real product from Ascending Technologies, and they will ship with the new autopilot technology later this year. Intel likes them so much, the chipmaker has bought a minority stake in Ascending.”

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