Airborne Drones Powered by... Algorithms?

Airborne Drones Powered by... Algorithms?
AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi

Launch an unmanned SBXC sailplane into the air with a catapult and it glides lazily down again in about three minutes. But when the sailplane is equipped with software to find plumes of warm air rising from the ground, known as thermals, it can ride them upward and extend its flight to a record-breaking five hours.

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