• MehBlah@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Nope. I was involved and it was people all over the world who started building autonomous and semi autonomous drones them starting back in the mid 2000’s when cheap inertial and gyro stabilizers started appearing. I remember the open source projects that eventually matured into commercial products. China was by no means at the forefront of that. It was hobbyist the world over. Some were students at universities. Some lived in the suburbs and villages and big cities. The world over. Way before the alpha tech in that article. That they have taken those first steps and mass produced them by no means implies they invented it all.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      it was people all over the world

      :-/

      What planet is China on?

      China was by no means at the forefront of that.

      I’m assuming you’re saying this as a Beihang alumnus?

      • Eezyville@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        You know they can’t include Chinese innovations if they want to single out China and make them the enemy. The fact is the Chinese own 90% of the consumer drone market because of their innovations. I assume they have good military drones too.