As part of the NATO Science, Peace and Security (SPS) Programme, NATO hosted a project demonstration event showcasing two of its funded initiatives that focus on uncrewed and autonomous systems – first, final competition of the SAPIENCE project and, second, a demonstration from MinesEye.
The SAPIENCE project aims to advance autonomous systems by using artificial intelligence to improve perception and guidance in Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) or drones. As part of the project, university teams from Austria, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States addressed a series of technical challenges identified by the NATO Joint Capability Group on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (JCGUAS) in search and rescue operations, focusing...