We're off to the races! The AI-driven drone races, that is.
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Advanced Concepts Team (ACT) has partnered with the Delft University of Technology's (TU Delft) Micro Air Vehicle Laboratory in the Netherlands to train neural-network artificial intelligence systems to race drones. Ultimately, this program will test AI's ability to handle complicated maneuvers, which could then be implemented on future space missions. (There's a Star Wars pod racing joke in here somewhere.)
