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UC Irvine researchers bring down AI powered drones with painted umbrellas arxiv.org

jcalvinowensop4 days ago

The real paper title is too long to fit: "FlyTrap: Physical Distance-Pulling Attack Towards Camera-based Autonomous Target Tracking Systems"

Twenty second demonstration video: https://youtu.be/tXDb5lqqFgw?si=NcAxtJIPVaLgYmun

ThePowerOfFuet3 days ago

Video link without tracking: https://youtu.be/tXDb5lqqFgw

jcalvinowensop3 days ago

Mobile abbreviates the URL and I missed it! Thanks, too late to edit unfortunately.

jcalvinowensop4 days ago

This was posted earlier but didn't get the attention I feel like it deserves: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47412102

deflator3 days ago

"Adversarial umbrella" is my band's new name

cat-turner3 days ago

Pretty cool. I think a combo of that and emergency blankets (which hide your heat signature) will make you invisible to drones.

ninju3 days ago

I'm not sure the "painting" of the umbrella added much benefit. Most of the tracking ability would be lost with any opaque head covering

RobotCaleb3 days ago

Then I think you're missing the point. Any opaque head covering would not be enough to bring the drone in to capturing or sensor attacking distance. The point is to get the drone to close distance not to stop tracking.

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