Man vs. Computer! Guess who won? Recently, a contest was held to find out who possesses the best racing skills among human and machine. In a first of its kind competition, ace-drone pilot Gabriel Kocher from Switzerland won the race beating a computer-piloted drone in a race around an obstacle course.
Team MAVLab‘s AI raced against DRL Pilot Gabriel “Gab707” Kocher, one of the best drone pilots in the world, who compete in the 2019 DRL Allianz World Championship Season.
DRL Pilot Gab707 won the race, finishing in six seconds, just five seconds faster than Team MAVLab, showcasing the ever-closing gap in performance between AI and humans. This racing event was organised by the Drone Racing League (DRL) in collaboration with American global aerospace giant Lockheed Martin.
According to DRL, AI-powered drones will dominate the competition by 2023. Till now, DRL has organised the human-piloted race, but with the rise in autonomous technology, they wanted to launch the first AIRR (Artificial Intelligence Robotic Racing) contest to pit humans against machines.