Sentence examples for autonomous airplanes from inspiring English sources

Further study of bat wings could help aerospace engineers develop tiny autonomous airplanes that are as flexible and acrobatic as bats, Dr. Swartz said.

Very soon, from the front seat of our driverless cars, we'll be able to see the next future of travel: autonomous airplanes.

Autonomous flight systems and aircraft are already in testing by the U.S. Air Force and other defense agencies, and now RE2 Robotics has been picked by the USAF to build a retrofit robot pilot that can easily take the controls of traditional, human-piloted aircraft and convert them to autonomous airplanes.

Table 3 presents the main characteristics of the AqVS autonomous airplane.

To map the continental shelf off Canada's east and Arctic coasts, they used boats, icebreakers, airplanes and autonomous underwater vehicles to gather data.

Unmanned seaplanes are special kinds of fixed-wing airplanes which can achieve autonomous takeoff and landing on water.

These can be set to an autonomous mode to shoot down incoming airplanes, missiles, or rockets.

Indeed, the airplane manufacturer, Airbus, has its Vahana autonomous flying taxi, which it is hoping to bring to market in the coming years.

Far from the self-driving car prototypes designed by Google, Tesla's semi-autonomous function works like the autopilot used in airplanes, which requires human supervision.

The company started with that autonomous database, known by the exciting name, 18C, which like Ellison's airplane, practically runs itself.

Too autonomous.