Flight School for Robots with Alejandro Stefan-Zavala

From caltech

How do self-flying, or autonomous, drones learn to fly in unpredictable, windy conditions, such as a storm or the gusty corridors between skyscrapers in a city? Teaching drones to maneuver in the wind is Alejandro Stefan-Zavala's job. As a Caltech graduate student in aerospace, Alejandro uses computers and a wall of small fans to create wild wind patterns in the lab. Then, he builds durable drones to fly in the wind and watches what happens (Spoiler alert: They often crash.) Go inside the lab...