In the AlphaPilot Challenge, teams compete to fly autonomous drones through an obstacle course as fast as possible. The 2019 winning team MAVLab reflects on the challenge of beating human pilots.
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De Wagter, C., Paredes-Vallés, F., Sheth, N. et al. Learning fast in autonomous drone racing. Nat Mach Intell 3, 923 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-021-00405-z
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