The Mission: Building a GPS-Denied Autonomous Drone
The Mission I’ve designed a project to build an autonomous, GPS-denied drone — one with the same capabilities as the drones doing high-stakes work today: dropping suppressant on wildfires, reaching drowning swimmers minutes before any lifeguard could, or mapping lost cities under Central American jungle canopies with LiDAR, gathering in an afternoon what would take survey teams on foot years. This project is largely inspired by those use cases. For more than a decade I’ve watched drones become vital infrastructure for the world, and I’ve decided to stop being a spectator and engage in this new wave of innovation. ...