US Air Force wants to develop smarter mini-drones powered by brain-inspired AI chips

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US Air Force to Develop Tiny Chip for Brain-Like Intelligence in Drones

A Mq-9 Reaper Drone. Credit: USAF/ Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons Researchers from the US Air Force and the University of Texas are working on a tiny chip, no larger than a grain of rice, that could bring brain-like intelligence to AI-powered drones without draining their batteries. The innovation aims to solve one of the biggest challenges in drone technology: the high energy demands of artificial intelligence. Wh…

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US Air Force wants to develop smarter mini-drones powered by brain-inspired AI chips

Plans are underway to create new AI-powered drones that can fly for much longer than current designs.

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The U.S. Air Force's Air Force A few months after announcing the design of a virtual reality helmet for its soldiers, the U.S.A. will again call on the U.S. Air Force. This time, it's the Air Force that will benefit from it, with improved mini-drones. In collaboration with a team at the University of Texas, led by Suin Yi, a professor in the engineering department, US Air Force researchers are working on making a tiny chip. Not larger than a gra…