[HN Gopher] Drone Relative Positioning
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       Drone Relative Positioning
        
       Author : mooreds
       Score  : 33 points
       Date   : 2024-11-09 18:42 UTC (4 days ago)
        
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       | pkkkzip wrote:
       | so it uses computer vision to recognize objects like mountain,
       | sea, land, buildings and figure out its relative position?
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       | this is a pretty robust approach except when visibility allows
       | it. wonder if lidar + CV would work better here rather than a
       | pure CV approach
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       | nonetheless its an interesting approach as in some jurisdictions
       | you need a permit to operate a drone, something autonomous like
       | this could work without involving bureaucracy
        
         | Jerrrrrrry wrote:
         | >nonetheless its an interesting approach as in some
         | jurisdictions you need a permit to operate a drone, something
         | autonomous like this could work without involving bureaucracy
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         | lmfao permits are for law-abiding meat-bags; my swarm follows
         | me autonomously, officer.
        
         | dylan604 wrote:
         | > wonder if lidar + CV would work better here rather than a
         | pure CV approach
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         | Not according to Tesla
        
         | asadm wrote:
         | if it's indoor, an IR blaster would be good enough.
        
       | coolspot wrote:
       | Will be very useful for "delivering supplies" to "lost hikers" in
       | GPS-denied environment.
        
         | Jerrrrrrry wrote:
         | It's dangerous to go alone! Take this.
        
       | le-mark wrote:
       | There's a ycombinator startup doing this exact same thing for the
       | DOD. Not much of a "moat" apparently.
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       | https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/theseus
        
         | adamweld wrote:
         | Interesting... star trackers have been around since the 50s and
         | inertial navigation / SLAM is pretty plug and play these days.
         | Looks like the unique thing they are going after is spoofing
         | GPS so that a consumer drone can fly in a GPS denied environ.
         | Neat, but a bit dubious as an investment.
        
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