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Transcript of the segment
What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: Live Science.
Dr. Nina ByteA drone built at Delft University of Technology just beat three former world champion human pilots, flying two laps around eleven gates in sixteen point five six seconds.
Kenji MoonfieldIt flew with one camera and nothing else? No lidar, no tracking, no cheat codes?
Dr. Nina ByteOne camera. It sends motor commands to the four propellers five hundred times a second, and the study is in Science Robotics.
Kenji MoonfieldOkay, that's the cool part.
Dr. Nina ByteThe cooler part is the training.
Dr. Nina ByteIt learned in simulation. Millions of tries, from scratch. Every one of them a crash, and not one of them with a witness.
Kenji MoonfieldSo the clip is the one good take. Every creator does that, you just never see the other millions.
Dr. Nina ByteI'd add that some sequences in the promo video are computer-generated. The drone, at least, is honest about its failures.
Kenji MoonfieldSixteen point five six seconds on camera, millions of crashes off it. That's the most relatable résumé I've ever heard.
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