Gsus4Watch a swarm of drones autonomously track a human through a dense forest
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Scientists from China’s Zhejiang University have unveiled a drone swarm capable of navigating through a dense bamboo forest without human guidance.
In the future, write the scientists in a paper published in the journal Science Robotics, drone swarms like this could be used for disaster relief and ecological surveys.
Elke Schwarz, a senior lecturer at Queen Mary University of London whose specialisms include the use of drones in combat, says this research has clear military potential.
“As is the ability to ‘follow a human’ — here I can see how this converges with projects that seek to develop lethal drone capabilities that minimize risk to on-the-ground soldiers in urban environments.”
A recent video showed Ukrainian troops using what appears to be a DJI Phantom 3 drone (price-tag: $500) to drop a grenade through the sunroof of a car supposedly driven by Russian soldiers.
No single human can simultaneously control a swarm of 10 drones, but if this task can be offloaded to algorithms then military planners are more likely to embrace the use of this sort of autonomous system in war.
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Black_GulamanIf they were armed with poison laced Sharron toothpicks. It wouldn’t be less lethal than a laser guided mini missile or bullet armed one, but will be less expensive to arm and re-arm.
In the future, write the scientists in a paper published in the journal Science Robotics, drone swarms like this could be used for disaster relief and ecological surveys.
That's an optimistic way of looking at it.
Yeah, I bet China can’t wait to do more ecological surveys.
Why does China always get these kind of comments. I’m from the UK and I have seen my country and the USA do more to destabilise the world than China ever does?
Sure china is fucked if you live there and they have too much power with the manufacturing, but I’m genuinely curious as to why Reddit and Lemmy really like to shit ok china when we most likely live in countries with just as dubious morals.
A hint could be that in one of those countries, you may very well disappear if your voice is opposed to that of the regime.
Yes in that country and often with act of rendition.
Again, what are they doing on a global scale? Selfish or not m, what goes on in China has little effect on me, but when countries like mine and the USA invade counties under false pretences and people then set off bombs in my country then that does effect me.
All I’m saying is we seem to throw a lot of stones from inside our glass houses.
DessertStormsAll I’m saying is we seem to throw a lot of stones from inside our glass houses.
that's all it is, projection from regular citizens who have bound their nationality to their identity and can't help but sling shit at others in a defensive reflex, and distraction by those in power pushing that nationalism (and other division) to keep us focused on an "enemy" that isn't them.
And to be clear before I get called a tankie - fuck China, it's state run capitalism, not communism, and they definitely are responsible for a lot of shit, but so are almost all nations, and maybe people should be looking to hold their own governments accountable (or even better, to abolishing the systems that all these governments serve and rely on) before they start pointing fingers at others.
A random worker in the UK has more in common with a random worker in China, than either have with an obscenely wealthy person of their own nationality - workers of the world unite!
Plenty of outspoken state critics have had the CIA’s highest reward for investigative journalism administered cranially.
Why does China always get these kind of comments
From the article:
Scientists from China’s Zhejiang University have unveiled a drone swarm capable of navigating through a dense bamboo forest without human guidance.
And?
You don’t believe that the USA and other counties are working on the same thing?
You don’t think there might be articles in China right now about the CIA and there drone swarms?
If I recall the USA literally murders people with drones and a certain level of collateral damage is acceptable. Or that we dropped two nukes on a country as a flex to Russia.
We littered Laos with enough bombs that people still die today.
All I am saying is we should maybe throw less stones from our glass houses.
On a video where China demonstrates its automated human tracking capabilities, you want people to discuss other countries’ tracking?
What’s your motivation for this whataboutism?
What’s your motivation for this whataboutism?
Maybe trying to get more social credits
China committed genocide against Uyghurs, independent tribunal rules
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-59595952
UK is pretty far from perfect but to suggest we have “just as dubious morals” as China is categorically wrong.
The first actual response with the actual crimes that china commits.
I guess it depends on current morals or the uk of the past. After all we did colonise half the world.
Currently we have some pretty draconian views and removal of a lot of rights. Plus the way the government thinks about ex-pats (sorry I meant immigrants, ex-pat is when we go elsewhere). We invaded Iraq under false pretences.
I just don’t see how we are so hypercritical of one country and any view that questions it is usually (not here,today) condemned as a plant, shill, or Winnie the Pooh himself.
to suggest we have “just as dubious morals” as China is categorically wrong.
Only if you have a wilfully short memory and/or are wilfully ignorant of the atrocities that came with far reaching British imperialism
With the internet at your fingertips there is no excuse:
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China is the face of automated spying. Particularly on their citizens and as visibly as they possibly can. Drones that track people seem relevant to China as a result. You can’t announce your countrywide spy network with a prideful voice year after year and expect not to be turned into a caricature.
Dude the CIA and GCHQ were found to be spying on their own citizens too.
Like shit I get it china bad but also we are bad too. It’s insane all the posts of avoid Chinese tech as they spy, but it’s cool to buy this American tech as the cia are privacy advocates just like apple. Ffs.
Glass houses and stones is all I’m saying.
CIA hasn’t disappeared me for calling Biden a cuckling bitch yet, but maybe next week. Try asking about the wrong anniversary in China. It’s really not comparable.
Maybe not but the cia have definitely renditioned people during the war on terror.
The CIA have certainly destabilised more governments that any other organisation I can think of.
I’ve said in another comment that yes what goes on it chinas bordered is fucked up and should be condemned. What I’m talking about is all the hate about the stuff outside it’s borders when to my stupid Brian they don’t do too much.
What is it with you people that are quick to criticise other places but will not take criticism of their own country.
To be abundantly clear, I am not trying to defend China at all, fuck them and their treatment of Uyghurs and citizens in general etc. I am merely trying to find out why China is in vogue, why not NK, Russia, Syria, Sri Lanka etc.
I am merely trying to find out why China is in vogue, why not NK, Russia, Syria, Sri Lanka etc.
Scale.
I feel like I have to repeat myself here, you can’t announce your countrywide spy network with pride year after year and expect not to be turned into a caricature. Every country has stereotypes, some true and others not. China’s biggest is spying and its second is disappearing dissidents. Other countries are less known for it, and I will reiterate, because they do not constantly announce it to a billion citizens.
You’re right honestly on the whole stereotypes thing and I do think I just got up today in a more pessimistic mood and made these comments.
Yeah nobody is hating on Russia… 😂🤣
China is actively engaged in ethnic cleansing and/or genocide right now (eg the uyghurs). Those things are not so popular in the west, at least not in an actively state sponsored way.
I mean, in this case it was due to the context of the article.
Reporter: What could have caused the deaths of these people?
Government Spokesperson: Ecological surveys can be pretty dangerous.
Reporter: Follow-up question. All 37 people appear to have been shot simultaneously in the back of the head. What is ecological about that?
Government Spokesperson: I’m sure we could arrange for you to observe an ecological survey very closely…
China bad updoots to the left
RoundcatWith pleasure.
I think it’s missing commas.
… disaster, relief, and ecological surveys.
If you thought the Terminator was scary, this thing would have gotten Connor in no time.
Swarms are so much more unsettling. Either drones or those nanobot swarms from Prey.
I was hoping the cyberpunk dystopia would at least be cooler to live in.
A boring dystopia.
One of the most interesting parts of the video is the part where it becomes clear that we are all going to be slaughtered and there’s no escape.
And it won’t even be by governments, probably it will be a corporation like Facebook or Xcorp.
Shit. Elon would definitely hunt humans with this.
I did not have “Elon Musk popularizes long pig” on my 2023 bingo card
Baron Von JTed Faro comes to mind.
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Gotta keep those defectors from getting away somehow… turns out that might be with the banshee like screeching of a drone swarm.
I'm guessing we're about a decade away from this getting miniaturized down to insect sizes.
I'm guessing we're about a decade away from this getting miniaturized down to insect sizes.
Thanks I fucking hate it
Reminds of The Sound of Drums episode in Doctor Who where swarms of drones fell from the sky
IndiBronyBy drones you mean the final generation of humans who had their heads implanted into life-sustaining flying helmets with retractable knives who travelled back in time to destroy humanity in the present day so that they didn’t have to deal with the heat death of the universe!
Doctor Who is so stupid at times, and I’m here for it ❤️
thenicnetManhacks from Half-Life 2.
diprount_tomatoBut now they’ve got bombs
Nerd02Not bad, but Michael Reeves got there 5 years ago
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guerilla warfare against an occupying force with huge amounts of drones at their disposal will be very difficult in future
“In the future, write the scientists in a paper published in the journal Science Robotics, drone swarms like this could be used for disaster relief and ecological surveys.”.
Yeah sure, tell me another one
Rob T FireflyIt’s a typo, they forgot the commas. They meant to say “drone swarms like this could be used for disaster, relief, and ecological surveys.”
They absolutely could be!
They won’t be, but they could be!
This could easily be used to find lost autistic kids in the woods… if it weren’t going to be out if the budget of those search and rescue teams.
I’m not sure what the big deal is here. The US military has had swarm tech like this for almost a decade through DARPA performing mapping and scouting missions
Ah yes, I can’t imagine how these could be used for evil… /s