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MIT Researchers Develop Mapping System For Drones to Fly Through Forests, Cities

Companies like Amazon have big ideas for drones that can deliver packages right to your door and a new mapping system developed by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology can help achieve that. The new system, called NanoMap, allows drones to consistently fly 32 km per hour through dense environments like forests, the researchers said. “Overly confident maps won’t help you if you want drones that can operate at higher speeds in human environments," said Pete Florence, lead author on a new related paper. “An approach that is better aware of uncertainty gets us a much higher level of reliability in terms of being able to fly in close quarters and avoid obstacles," Florence added.

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