Sikorsky’s autonomous helicopter tech is ready for takeoff

“Eventually, the computational firepower between your ears runs out,” he says. This is one of the problems Sikorsky is trying to solve by developing autonomous technology for helicopters. What Sikorsky has developed is more than just a little autonomy, though. The innovation team has built a fascinating, complex sort of hybrid system that makes flying a helicopter so simple that they let me try it after barely 45 minutes on a simulator. (www.theverge.com) More...