Makes decisions onboard
Swift made its own flight decisions on a trained racecourse. This does not establish wider mission autonomy.
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What we are looking for
Are decisions made onboard without live operator control?
Where this applies
Swift · 2023 study · trained racecourse
What has been observed
- Swift used onboard sensing and computation to race autonomously.UZH / Nature · Aug 30, 2023
- The ZJU research platform integrates onboard perception, localization and control.ZJU / Science Robotics · May 2022
What limits this finding
- The paper identifies changed appearance as a failure risk for Swift.UZH / Nature · Aug 30, 2023
What we still need to know
Independent replication of the same configuration in changing conditions.
What would change our view
A traceable replication or documented failure changes confidence.
What would be enough to confirm it
A physical test must locate decision-making onboard and identify the autonomous task.