Akihabara News (Tokyo) — A demonstration experiment for an eVTOL crash avoidance system was held in Fukuyama city, Hiroshima Prefecture, on February 3.
The experiment was conducted by FaroStar, a Tokyo-based system development company, using a drone instead of an eVTOL.
In the experiment, the drone rose about fifty meters into the air and travelled about 1.5 kilometers. It was equipped with air traffic control technology called Aurora designed to automatically prevent collisions. The test was conducted to see if this technology can truly ensure safety for multiple eVTOLs.
At first glance, the drone appeared to people on the ground it as if it were flying normally, but with the use of special glasses they could observe that it was indeed avoiding “virtual obstacles” that had been programmed into it.
FaroStar has high hopes for the launch of eVTOLs at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka. In that connection, the company plans to test the Aurora crash avoidance system in areas that are more difficult to monitor, included populated zones.
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