What if a drone could find itself and any target on a map using just a camera?

Researchers from the National University of Defense Tech, Zhejiang & Westlake Universities present PiLoT.

It's a new AI system that matches live drone video directly to a 3D map, like visual GPS,… pic.twitter.com/NKocOKB2JM

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What if a drone could find itself and any target on a map using just a camera? Researchers from the National University of Defense Tech, Zhejiang & Westlake Universities present PiLoT. It's a new AI system that matches live drone video directly to a 3D map, like visual GPS,

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