China: Video of Drones Hunting in Packs Raises Fear that They Can Be Primed to Kill
TERRIFYING footage has emerged showing Chinese super drones hunting down humans in packs, sparking fears they could soon be primed to kill.
The breakthrough achievement has prompted concerns that they could put to sinister use.
A team from Zhejiang University in China released incredible footage of 10 lightweight drones filmed moving swiftly between trunks, uneven ground, weeds and tangled branches.
The impressive bit of hardware runs off an algorithm and charts surroundings in real-time meaning it can readjust its flight path in an instant, according to The Telegraph.
According to experts, these high-tech drones update every few milliseconds which means they can avoid colliding with other objects and can quickly regroup with others to flight with super efficiency.
And because they don’t need GPS signal, they can be easily deployed in areas with poor satellite coverage.
Experts say the tech will make surveying remote wildlife or hunting for survivors in disaster zones much easier.
But in a chilling turn of events, the crew at Zhejiang University also trialled the drones on a man making his way through a cluster of trees.
The bots were also to keep focus even when the man hid behind objects to shield himself from the cameras.
Addressing the breakthrough in the journal Science Robotics, researchers said: “The swarms’ capability of navigation and coordination in these films has attracted and inspired numerous researchers. Here, we take a step forward to such a future.”