A chief autonomy scientist offers his thoughts on the help autonomous space capabilities can provide
Two people are out for a hike when the wind shifts and they are suddenly in danger with a forest fire bearing down. The hikers are found, led to safety and transported out of the park without putting any first responders in danger.
The biggest barrier isn’t technical or regulatory, Touchton said. It’s the cost of satellites today, especially since local government services that typically do this kind of work already have constrained budgets. We also studied after-action reports of actual forest fires. … When we finally take this to a product, we’ll have interviews with subject matter experts to find out all of the special cases that crop up that we have to deal with. … The more artificial intelligence you put into the modules, the more human it can be. … and not only just more human-like, but also more collaborative.
It is probably technically achievable over the next couple of years. … The problem there is affordability. When you do a civil application like this, the agencies that do this kind of work typically wouldn't have the budget to pay today’s prices. We’re kind of counting on the industry and the rapid growth it’s experiencing. … We are already observing a fairly rapid decline in the cost of accomplishing this type of technology, making it more accessible to civil applications like this one.
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