Augmented Pixels, a start-up from Palo Alto, California, has designed a system that flies drones using computer vision, to resolve the issues faced when flying drones indoors using GPS. The company claims the camera-based system can be used to enable cheap drones to maintain high levels of accuracy of 1-2cm and can be controlled using an app on a mobile phone. In this case, the drone is equipped with two cameras mounted in front of its body, which are able to detect objects at up to one metre.
Augmented Pixels, a start-up from Palo Alto, California, has designed a system that flies drones using computer vision, to resolve the issues faced when flying drones indoors using GPS. The company claims the camera-based system can be used to enable cheap drones to maintain high levels of accuracy of 1-2cm and can be controlled using an app on a mobile phone. The company is planning to demo the technology in the coming months.