Neural net flies a drone in Acro mode from streamed game footage on a tiny board
yacineMTB · x · 2026-10-31
Yacine streams footage from the drone game Liftoff over the air to a tiny board, where a neural net learns to fly in Acro mode using only the pictures. He notes the net decides which pixel to render the turn prior and believes this will transfer to the real world.
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