Lockheed Martin Launche The First Drone Racing League
Drone Racing League Launches DRL RacerAI, the First-Ever Autonomous Racing Drone
DRL RacerAI to Push the Limits of Human and Machine in DRL’s New Artificial Intelligence Robotic Racing (AIRR) Circuit, the Premier Autonomous Drone Racing Series, Launching Today with Lockheed Martin
The news comes out ahead of DRL’s inaugural Artificial Intelligence Robotic Racing (AIRR) Circuit, which kicks off its four-event, autonomous drone racing series today in Orlando, Florida. AIRR races will feature nine identical DRL RacerAI drones operated only by AI – specifically, AI developed by the nine teams from Lockheed Martin’s AlphaPilot Challenge. AlphaPilot teams’ AI will pilot their DRL RacerAI through gates on a course for the fasting time – all without any GPS, data relay or human intervention. The fastest team’s drone will then go head-to-head against the fastest 2019 DRL Allianz World Champion pilot with an aim to win.
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