Ciencia, tecnología y el futuro de los pequeños drones autónomos

Dario Floreano1, Robert J Wood2

  • 1Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Station 11, Lausanne, CH 1015, Switzerland.

Nature
|May 29, 2015
PubMed
Resumen

Los drones autónomos están revolucionando las aplicaciones civiles, desde el transporte hasta la preservación del medio ambiente. Los avances en la tecnología de vuelo autónomo prometen una adopción generalizada para tareas complejas, pendientes de marcos regulatorios.

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