Hivemind Goes to Japan: Mitsubishi Demos AI-Powered Mission Autonomy for UAVs

Shield AI and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) are pushing to make drones more autonomous, enabling them to sense, adapt, and act independently while tracking targets and coordinating with one another.

To do this, the companies paired Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy software with MHI’s Affordable Rapid-Prototyping Mitsubishi-Drone (ARMD) in a recent flight test in Japan.

During the demo, two drones autonomously executed reinforcement learning, preprogrammed behaviors, and coordinated maneuvers while tracking a virtual air vehicle.

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