Cranfield University

Smart drones swarm together

Drones have become increasingly popular thanks to their wide range of potential applications such as aerial inspection, search-and-rescue, deliveries, agriculture, and of course fun! However, these applications bring drones into complex and rapidly evolving, dynamic environments close to humans, and it’s crucial they’re able to operate safely. In this demonstration, we will show three scenarios when smart drones help each other to fulfil different tasks safely. Namely, we will have a look at drones delivering a package, playing ball and performing acrobatics. If we could have drones collaborating more with humans, would they make our lives better?

Meet the Team

We develop the technology behind autonomous vehicles which operate in the air, on land, at sea and in space. Recent research includes the airborne monitoring of ground traffic behaviour for hidden threats by autonomous sensor platforms, developing multiple unmanned aerial aircraft, unmanned surfaces vessels and space vehicles operating out of human eyesight.