Airbus concludes ATTOL with fully autonomous flight tests
#autonomy #innovation #TheFutureOfFlight
Toulouse, 29 June 2020 – Following an extensive two-year flight test
programme, Airbus has successfully concluded its Autonomous Taxi, Take-Off and
Landing (ATTOL) project.
In completing
this project, Airbus has achieved autonomous taxiing, take-off and landing of a
commercial aircraft through fully automatic vision-based flight tests using
on-board image recognition technology - a world-first in aviation.
In total, over
500 test flights were conducted. Approximately 450 of those flights were
dedicated to gathering raw video data, to support and fine tune algorithms,
while a series of six test flights, each one including five take-offs and
landings per run, were used to test autonomous flight capabilities.
The ATTOL project was initiated by Airbus to explore how
autonomous technologies, including the use of machine learning
algorithms and automated tools for data labelling, processing and model
generation, could help pilots focus less on aircraft
operations and more on strategic decision-making and mission management. Airbus
is now able to analyse the potential of these technologies for enhancing future
aircraft operations, all the while improving aircraft safety, ensuring today’s
unprecedented levels are maintained.
Airbus will
continue research into the application of autonomous technologies alongside
other innovations in areas such as materials, alternative propulsion systems
and connectivity. By leveraging these opportunities, Airbus is opening up
possibilities for creating new business models that will transform how aircraft
are developed, manufactured, flown, powered and serviced.
The rapid
development and demonstration of ATTOL’s capabilities was made possible due to
a cross-divisional, cross-functional, global team comprising of Airbus
engineering and technology teams, Airbus Defence and Space, Acubed (Project
Wayfinder), Airbus China and ONERA under the leadership of Airbus UpNext.
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