Microsoft’s autonomous gliders seek out thermal updrafts to stay aloft

 Microsoft wants to build autonomous tech for aircraft that require little to no power to fly. It just completed tests in the Nevada desert of gliders equipped with self-guidance systems that help them track regions of rising hot air and predict their movement, with the aim of staying up in the air for as long as possible. These tests showed that Microsoft’s system for riding the wind holds… Read More

from Microsoft – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/16/microsofts-autonomous-gliders-seek-out-thermal-updrafts-to-stay-aloft/?ncid=rss