Flying high with AI drone racing at AlphaPilot
Flying high with AI drone racing at AlphaPilot  
Podcast: Practical AI
Published On: Mon Oct 07 2019
Description: Chris and Daniel talk with Keith Lynn, AlphaPilot Program Manager at Lockheed Martin. AlphaPilot is an open innovation challenge, developing artificial intelligence for high-speed racing drones, created through a partnership between Lockheed Martin and The Drone Racing League (DRL).AlphaPilot challenged university teams from around the world to design AI capable of flying a drone without any human intervention or navigational pre-programming. Autonomous drones will race head-to-head through complex, three-dimensional tracks in DRL’s new Artificial Intelligence Robotic Racing (AIRR) Circuit. The winning team could win up to $2 million in prizes.Keith shares the incredible story of how AlphaPilot got started, just prior to its debut race in Orlando, which will be broadcast on NBC Sports.Sponsors:DigitalOcean – DigitalOcean now offers three managed databases — PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Redis. Get started for free with a $50 credit. Learn more at do.co/changelog. The Brave Browser – Browse the web up to 8x faster than Chrome and Safari, block ads and trackers by default, and reward your favorite creators with the built-in Basic Attention Token. Download Brave for free and give tipping a try right here on changelog.com. Fastly – Our bandwidth partner. Fastly powers fast, secure, and scalable digital experiences. Move beyond your content delivery network to their powerful edge cloud platform. Learn more at fastly.com. Featuring:Keith Lynn – LinkedInChris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XDaniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, XShow Notes:AlphaPilotAlphaPilot – Lockheed Martin AI Drone Racing Innovation ChallengeLockheed Martin and Drone Racing League Announce 2019 AlphaPilot TeamsLook ma, no hands: UCF arena to host fast-flying, autonomous drone racing in OctoberLockheed MartinLockheed Martin - WikipediaThe Drone Racing LeagueThe Drone Racing League - WikipediaLockheed Martin - TwitterThe Drone Racing League - TwitterNVIDIA - TwitterUpcoming Events: Register for upcoming webinars here!