改變一切：美國無人機(jī)展亮點(diǎn)大放送

????國際無人機(jī)系統(tǒng)協(xié)會的年度展會（AUVSI）就好比是無人機(jī)行業(yè)的底特律車展（不過這個行業(yè)并不喜歡“無人機(jī)”或“遙控飛機(jī)”這個詞），所有認(rèn)真從事無人機(jī)研發(fā)的廠商無論大小，悉數(shù)帶著最好最新的硬件產(chǎn)品前來參展。不過如果有人認(rèn)為這場在華盛頓Walter E會展中心舉辦的展會只是一場遙控飛機(jī)的展覽秀，那就說明他根本不了解無人系統(tǒng)領(lǐng)域的發(fā)展現(xiàn)狀。

????一說到遙控式的無人駕駛航空系統(tǒng)（UAS），人們就會聯(lián)想到美軍在巴基斯坦、也門、索馬里等地的“影子戰(zhàn)爭”中使用過的無人機(jī)。與本次展會展出的一系列更智能、更高效、更全能甚至殺傷力更強(qiáng)的機(jī)器人系統(tǒng)相比，那些無人機(jī)也只能相形見絀，成了老爺機(jī)。

????如果說今年的AUVSI展會與往年相比有什么不同，那就是參展系統(tǒng)的自動性大大提高了。與前一代的機(jī)器人系統(tǒng)相比，本次參展的各款產(chǎn)品的飛行、航行、潛行、巡航、盤旋等機(jī)動更強(qiáng)，而且更重要的是這些動作可以完全由系統(tǒng)自動進(jìn)行。而且這些硬件都經(jīng)過了嚴(yán)格的測試，非常可靠。

????這屆展會仍然以國防技術(shù)為中心，大多數(shù)參展的設(shè)備都與軍事用途有關(guān)，不過，這些技術(shù)的應(yīng)用前景遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不止局限于戰(zhàn)場。以下謹(jǐn)為大家奉上本次展會的一些精彩片斷以及最新的機(jī)器人科技。

????不過，千萬不要告訴別人我們把它叫做“遙控飛機(jī)展”。

????The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International's annual expo is something like the Detroit Auto Show for drones (though the industry would really rather you not call them "drones.") All the serious players large and small are present, and every one of them has its latest and greatest hardware polished and on display. But to think of what's happening at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. as simply a "drone show" is to miss what's really happening in the unmanned systems space.

????The remotely piloted unmanned aerial systems (UAS) that have become associated with the word "drone" via America's shadow wars in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia are relatively dumb machines next to the emerging class of smarter, more effective, more widely applicable -- and yes, in some cases more deadly -- robotic systems crowding the exhibit hall floor.

????If anything sets this year's AUVSI expo apart from years past, it's autonomy. The systems on display here do more flying, diving, driving, piloting, orbiting, loitering, and processing all by themselves than any generation of robotic systems before them. The hardware is now tried, tested, and dependable.

????Consistent with its defense-centric past, most of the more significant developments at AUVSI were military-related, but applications for these technologies reach far beyond the battlefield. What follows is a short highlight reel of the concepts, newsworthy developments, and robotic tech coming out of America's biggest "drone show."

????Just don't tell anyone we called it that.