Skyryse shows off end-to-end autonomous flight technology with helicopter demonstration
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Skyryse shows off end-to-end autonomous flight technology with helicopter demonstration
Skyryse is a three-year old transportation startup that is approaching the future of aviation from a different angle when compared to most. You often see startups building new kinds of aircraft, with electric powertrains, multiple rotors for vertical take-off and landing, and more: Skyryse thinks the smarter approach is to start at a more fundamental – and comprehensive – level, building an autonomous technology "stack" that can work with existing, flight- and safety- certified aircraft.
The Skyryse model, as explained to me by CEO and founder Mark Groden, is all about broad applicability, reliability, redundancy and safety. The startup's main product, which it is unveiling today, along with the demonstration below of the tech in action on a Robinson R-44 helicopter, is the 'Skyryse Flight Stack,' which includes simplified flight controls to either fully automate flight, or provide assistance to human pilots; flight control automation that can still operate safely even in case of failure; safe operational limit monitoring and intervention; connected, intelligent helipads that providing monitoring and alerts; and an air traffic control component designed to work with existing FAA systems.
Skyryse and its approach comes from Groden's belief that city infrastructure has developed to the point where solutions about managing movement within and around them isn't addressable simply by adjusting the grid or changing the flow of people and things along the paths of the network; instead, he thinks what's needed is a much more basic perception shift about the potential solutions available.
"At a fundamental level, I realized at a very young age, that the transp