#10 – Kitty Hawk roboticist Dr Mark Cutler on UAVs, machine learning and personalised flying

Dr Mark Cutler has a PhD in Robotics and Autonomous Systems from MIT, and has researched multiple aspects of UAV technology—from designing and building his own novel quadrotor for aerobatic flight to developing machine learning algorithms for autonomous systems. He is currently working for the California-based startup Kitty Hawk backed by Google founder Larry Page. At Kitty Hawk, Mark is applying his expertise in rotorcraft to create the next generation of vehicles for everyday flight. Kitty Hawk are currently designing, testing and building all-electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles for work and play. Their first product, the Cora, is an air taxi that could one day bring us an Uber-like service for the sky, and Kitty Hawk is currently in the first stages of testing the Cora in New Zealand. In this episode of the Aerospace Engineering Podcast, Mark and I talk about:

• his diverse background in UAV's
• the explosion of hobbyist rotorcraft
• the promises of machine learning for autonomous flight
• and the future of personalised flying

If you want to learn more about the topics discussed in this episode, then you can find show notes with links to more in-depth material on the aerospace engineering blog. 

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