China launches record-breaking drone swarm
Sunday - June 11, 2017 2:24 pm ,
Category : SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
China launches record-breaking drone swarm
Beijing June 11 (IANS) China has launched a swarm of 119 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) breaking the previous record of 67 drones an official said on Sunday.
According to the China Electronics Technology Group Corp (CETC) the 119 drones performed catapult-assisted take-offs and formations in the sky reports Xinhua news agency.
The swarm intelligence is regarded as the core of artificial intelligence of unmanned systems and the future of intelligent unmanned systems.
Zhao Yanjie an engineer with CETC said since drones were invented in 1917 intelligent swarms have become a disruptive force to change rules of the game.
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