Students at Imperial College labs have developed a proof - of - concept based on the behaviour of robots , which could be used as traffic management system for drones . The team tested the prototype on Microsoft 's Azure cloud platform , and worked with drone traffic management pioneers Altitude labs to create a system in which multiple drones were repelled if they came too close to one another , enabling them to fly freely in a confined space without human intervention . Lawrence Gripper , Altitude Angel ’s head of product , said the company was already investigating further development of the system .
Students at Imperial College London have developed a proof-of-concept based on the behaviour of magnets, which could be used as traffic management system for drones. The team ran the project on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform, and worked with drone traffic management pioneers Altitude Angel to create a system in which multiple drones were repelled if they came too close to one another, enabling them to fly freely in a confined space without human intervention. Lawrence Gripper, Altitude Angel’s head of product, said the company was already investigating further development of the system.