Coming Soon: Oil Spill-Mapping Swarms of Flying Drones (VIDEO)

University at Buffalo

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This computer simulation shows five common drones working together in a swarm to map a nearly 1 kilometer-wide oil spill in nine minutes. The left image shows the initial estimated area of the spill. The middle image shows the swarming drones. The right image shows a more accurate map of the spill generated by the drones.

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