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AI drone beats human champions for the first time at Abu Dhabi racing event – new deep neural network sends control commands directly to motors in significant leap

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A team of scientists from TU Delft in the Netherlands is celebrating a highly significant autonomous drone milestone.

For the first time, a drone has beaten human pilots in an international drone racing competition.

Central to the Dutch scientists’ drone racing win was a finely tuned AI “capable of split-second, high-performance control”.

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