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Former Tesla Engineer And Airbus Have Built Autonomous Planes
Over the past 100 years, the technology inside airplanes has become more and more advanced from jumbo jets to smaller Cessnas.
Some see the next step to full automation as removing the pilot completely. Reliable Robotics and Xwing are two Bay Area start-ups working on doing just that. Rather than build new aircraft, both companies have retrofitted Cessna Grand Caravans. The planes can fly autonomously with a remote operator who monitors the flight and can take control if needed. Both companies are working with the FAA on getting approval.
Xwing took CNBC for a test flight, where the pilot didn’t touch the controls once. Watch the video to learn how it works and when pilotless planes will become the norm.
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@antonio9766
January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
No Autonomous airplane
@Make-Asylums-Great-Again
January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
Autonomous plane = drone
@eenayeah
January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
Seeing all these pilots in the comments is funny. I may not be a pilot, but my job was replaced with AI. It was then that I knew what the factory workers felt when they were replaced by robots. It cannot be stopped. Be it 10, 20, 30, 50, even 100 years into the future, all of our jobs will eventually be replaced by computers.
@BW-dn7dy
January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
automating cars and trucks, automating planes, AI designing, debilitating the agriculture industry, automated fast food kiosks, sending manufacturing jobs overseas, amazon store, i dont think were even gonna have jobs in the next 40 years, i think were in it for a declining population very very soon.
@HacksignKT
January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
How will it handle bird strikes or a random engine blowout over the ocean or even wind shear while landing?
@adiutomo3795
January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
Good, most plane crash was due to pilot errors. Hopefully this will reduce plane accidents
@Imhotterthenyou11
January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
this is a digital terrorists wet dream
@mattcero1
January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
When pilot's say they'd never fly in a pilot-less airplane I'm wondering how much ego and "good ol' boy" this comment is based on. I'm a pilot and I would. 80% of aviation accidents are human related and most of those pilot related. Suicides, incompetence, exhaustion and distractions are all eliminated with fully automated airplanes. It's the gusty crosswind langings that would make me nervous in an automated airplane. Just on the top of my head I can rattle off ten major crashes caused by pilots that would not have happened had it been fully automated.
@mattcero1
January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
Sully did a phenomenal job landing in the Hudson and my hat's off to him. Had the plane been fully automated it would have instantly picked Teterboro, headed there and landed safely while sending automated mayday calls to clear airspace and landing sites. I'd prefer a fully automated cockpit with ZERO pilots in it rather than a fully automated cockpit with a single pilot in it.
@mattcero1
January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
The automated flight they demonstrated here has the yolk correcting far too many times per second. This will burn out the servos IMHO prematurely. I'd love to see this demonstration landing in gusty crosswind conditions.
@kenshiro2022
January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
Planes are already more then 90 % automated…. don't understand the "oh no the machines" issue….. . A lot of people already lost their jobs to advanced technology. Earth is just getting a third gender 🤖.
@slendii366
January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
Humans must ALWAYS, remain in control. This program needs to be destroyed.
@pepperonipizza75
January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
RIP student pilots 😂
@gokulnath3165
January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
Wonderful by this way we can eliminate pilot and it will be even more cheap to fly
@vonwilson3806
January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
So it seems like any mode of transportation will be automated. Cars, buses, trucks, trains, and airplanes will be able to drive it self. So heads up for anyone thinking about going into the transportation field for a career to retire with, you might want to have a backup plan cause they are trying to find ways to eliminate us humans from operating any mode of transportation vehicle and have it operates on its own.
@1201Degrees
January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
We need Automated CEO too not only Pilot.
@rerun3283
January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
Cool! Pretty soon nobody will have a job.
@williammickelson403
January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
Keep pushing technology until no one has a job and no one has fun. Am I the only one who’s afraid of this?
@09aviation44
January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
But can he do the same on a cold rainy night in stoke?
@Odovocar
January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
The last US passenger airliner to crash was back in 2009. We have come a long way and learn from our mistakes. Do we really want to start an experimental process and risk the lives of so manty.
@baab4229
January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
I'm just loling here at the comments confidently saying "there will always be pilots in the cockpit" not realizing that continuity is an illusion and that they are very similar to people going "there will always be operators in elevators" in the past.
Computers are advanced enough. AI is here. Most accidents are caused by human error. It's inevitable. You will be laughed at by future generations.
@angusmcalister593
January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
This is why I don't wanna get into the aviation industry anymore.
@seasong7655
January 12, 2024 at 5:08 pm
If rockets can fly themselfs, why not planes? All it takes is the right algorithm.