industry DEVELOPING AUTOPILOTS FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS When it comes to engineering and certifying full-on autopilot systems for autonomous aerial systems, avionics developers are quickly learning that keeping the blue-over-the-brown may prove to be the simplest part of the equation. ISAAC ASIMOV'S 3 LAWS OF ROBOTICS: 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. 36 avionics news * september 2021