VIDEO: EHang's driverless MEGADRONE carries passengers around China at 80mph in its first ever test flights 중국 무인택시 이항(EHang) 184 세계 최초로 상용화 눈앞

EHang's driverless MEGADRONE carries passengers around China at 80mph in its first ever test flights

The company says it has been testing the EHang 184 megadrone with 'thousands of test flights'

The rider punches in a destination on a touch screen and then the drone flies there automatically

Quadcopter has been tested in various weather conditions including Category 7 typhoon gale-force winds

Dubbed EHang 184, the drone is described as the world's first 'Autonomous Aerial Vehicle' 

It is still not known when the company will make the megadrone available for people to buy

Company claims it is going to demonstrate the service at Dubai's World Government Summit this month 

중국 무인택시 이항(EHang) 184 세계 최초로 상용화 눈앞

중국이 개발한 무인택시 이항(EHang) 184 메가드론

승객을 태우고 시속 128km로 주행 시험 세계 최초로 성공

상용화 눈앞

회사측은 수천번의 주행시험을 했다고 말한다.

탑승자가 보드의 터치스크린에 목적지를 입력하면 자동으로 날아간다.

태풍레벨 7 등 악천후 조건에서 시험 주행도 무사히 마쳤다.

이항(EHang) 184는 사실 세계 최초의 무인항공기로 평가받고 있다.

그러나 판매 시기는 알려지지 않고 있다.

회사는 이달에 있을 두바이 세계정부 정상회의에서 시연해 보일 예정이라고

황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터 큐레이터

Ki Chul Hwang, conpaper editor, curator

By PHOEBE WESTON FOR MAILONLINE 

PUBLISHED: 10:59 GMT, 6 February 2018 

Chinese drone maker EHang has released incredible footage of its 80mph (130kmh) driverless megadrone flying passengers around China for the first time.

The company says it has been testing the EHang 184 megadrone with 'thousands of test flights' with human passengers over the last four years and this new footage is the first evidence of the craft in action.

The rider punches in a destination on a touch screen in front of the passenger seat, then the drone flies there automatically.

The quadcopter has also been tested in various weather conditions including heat, fog, during the night and during Category 7 typhoon gale-force winds.

Ehang says it has conducted flight tests in both the single and double-seater version of its passenger drone.

The company claims it is going to demonstrate the service at Dubai's World Government Summit this month, although it has yet to be officially confirmed. 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5357121/Footage-shows-EHangs-driverless-MEGADRONE-action.html#ixzz56Kp6raL9 

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