AI Aviation Center AIDA3
Purdue University is working on making aerial transportation systems safe, scalable, and efficient and has launched a center for integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning into them. The executive vice president for research at Perdue, Karen Plaut, said
According to the university, AIDA3 will help in providing innovative solutions for UAVs and other autonomous vehicle systems, and their focus will be on scaling up these solutions as the demand grows in the industry.
From the crossroads to the smart crossroads of America
On the project page of Purdue’s website, the university says that Indiana is considered the crossroads of America, and they are striving to make it the smart crossroads of America. As according to estimates, over 1 million commercial UAVs will be flying across the US performing more duties than just delivering packages by 2027. These unmanned systems will be used in fighting wildfires, defense, humanitarian services, and also emergency services.
It is due to this demand, which is expected in the near future, that the university has launched the center. Whatever smart solution will be developed in the center will be put to the test in real life. Mentioning AIDA3 as the first major progress of Purdue’s Institute for Physical Artificial Intelligence (IPAI), Sabine Brunswicker, director of the center, said,
The combination of Windracers and Perdue is a match well made, as Windracers is a champion of low-cost logistic solutions and will provide a real-life experience that they gained from their business operations based on their patented autopilot system for the Royal Navy, British Antarctic Survey, and Royal Mail. While Perdue boasts an extensive research profile across many fields of engineering, science, and arts. Windracers will also bring two of their long-range, fixed-wing UAVs to support the research and development work of AIDA3.
