Sunday, March 8, 2026

There's nobody flying the copter

 

What could possibly go wrong?

Britain/England/the United Kingdom, etc., just showed off a helicopter that flies entirely by itself, with no humans on board, particularly doing things like steering, taking off, landing, and important activities like that.

Autonomous automobiles can't even find their own parking space.  So this is a good idea?

It is -- until it isn't.  ("Mommy, what's that helicopter doing on our roof?"

Leonardo Proteus: Royal Navy flies UK’s first autonomous full-size helicopter















"Leonardo designed Proteus to conduct a range of missions including anti-submarine warfare, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) and search and rescue. In total, Leonardo was tasked with 16 mission sets to explore by the Royal Navy."

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