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Learning fast in autonomous drone racing

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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