I've been pretty quiet on this blog for a while; some of my more recent posts have alluded to an autonomous aircraft project that's been keeping me busy. I'm pleased to announce that we've reached a major milestone for this project: on Thursday, August 27th, our team successfully flew fifty autonomous planes simultaneously, executing cooperative behaviors in the air. This is the culmination of two years of work for me, and more than three years for some of my teammates.
I wrote a summary of the flight over at DIY Drones, check it out!