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NASA unveils new pod to enhance autonomous aircraft vision
The NASA Airborne Instrumentation for Real-world Video of Urban Environments (AIRVUE) sensor pod is attached to the base of a NASA helicopter at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida in April 2024 before a flight to test the pod's cameras and sensors. The AIRVUE pod will be used to collect data for autonomous aircraft like air taxis, drones, or other Advanced Air Mobility aircraft. NASA/Isaac Watson.
NASA unveils new pod to enhance autonomous aircraft vision
by Clarence Oxford
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 27, 2024

To prepare self-flying aircraft for safe operation, understanding and reacting to environmental challenges is crucial. NASA aeronautics researchers have created a new camera pod equipped with sensors designed to improve computer vision systems for autonomous aviation.

The device, named the Airborne Instrumentation for Real-world Video of Urban Environments (AIRVUE), was developed at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The pod recently underwent initial testing aboard a piloted helicopter at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

This technology aims to gather extensive visual datasets featuring weather patterns and various obstacles. The collected data will be made available to manufacturers of autonomous air taxis, drones, and similar aircraft. These datasets are intended to assist developers in assessing and enhancing the situational awareness of their aircraft.

"Data is the fuel for machine learning," explained Nelson Brown, lead NASA researcher for the AIRVUE project. "We hope to inspire innovation by providing the computer vision community with realistic flight scenarios. Accessible datasets have been essential to advances in driver aids and self-driving cars, but so far, we haven't seen open datasets like this in aviation."

For autonomous aircraft, reliable and extensively tested environmental sensing algorithms are essential. The datasets generated by NASA are expected to become a vital industry resource, fostering innovation and ensuring that the United States remains a leader in the Advanced Air Mobility sector. Unlike private companies, which often do not share their data, NASA's initiative ensures that this valuable information is accessible to all industry players.

As the AIRVUE design undergoes further refinement and additional testing, NASA plans to produce more pods capable of flying on different types of aircraft, continuously expanding the digital repository of visual data.

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