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Reliable Robotics Steps Up Remote Piloting Plan with New Partner Daedalean
Machine-learning specialist Daedalean is helping Reliable Robotics achieve its target of completing certification for its flight-automation technology by the end of 2022.
Reliable Robotics remote pilot
Reliable Robotics chief pilot Elissa Zavora controls a converted Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft from a ground-based test center at Mountain View, California. (Photo: Reliable Robotics)

Autonomous flight systems developer Reliable Robotics is teaming with machine-learning-based avionics specialist Daedalean to develop advanced navigation and situation awareness systems for commercial aircraft operations. According to the partners, the proprietary flight-automation systems they are working on will support both onboard and remote pilots in making faster, better-informed operational decisions based on data from advanced sensors.

Last month, Reliable Robotics completed a series of test flights controlled by a ground-based pilot at its headquarters in Mountain View, California. From a distance of over 50 miles, the pilot instructed a Cessna 208 Grand Caravan to taxi, takeoff, and fly over a populated area, and then land, while communicating with air traffic controllers via the aircraft’s onboard radios.