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Pentagon's "flying car" to get robot pilot

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Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a 17-month, $988,000 contract to Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute to develop an autonomous flight system for the Transformer (TX) Program.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded 17-month, $988,000 contract to Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute to develop an autonomous flight system for the Transformer (TX) Program.

The university is also exploring the feasibility of a military ground vehicle that could transform into a vertical-take-off-and-landing (VTOL) air vehicle, Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute said.

 

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