--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "474e8fc7d79288e044873513e70f35a01feced49264052955ceef10ed6f6b370" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/474e8fc7?lang=en" title: "Purdue’s IDEAS Lab Builds Autonomous Drone That Tracks People Through Forests Without GPS" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-27T18:23:30.000Z" category: "Research" topics: ["agent"] source_urls: ["https://marketbrief.now/tech/purdues-ideas-lab-builds-autonomous-drone-that-tracks-people-through-for-16397ece","https://huggingnews.com/tech/purdues-ideas-lab-builds-autonomous-drone-that-tracks-people-through-for-16397ece"] summary: "Purdue University’s IDEAS Lab has developed an autonomous drone that can track people through forests without GPS by using onboard computing to create 3D maps and predict target movement, supported by a $1.5 million U.S. Army contract." --- # Purdue’s IDEAS Lab Builds Autonomous Drone That Tracks People Through Forests Without GPS > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-27T18:23:30.000Z **Category:** Research **Topics:** agent ## Summary Purdue University’s IDEAS Lab has developed an autonomous drone that can track people through forests without GPS by using onboard computing to create 3D maps and predict target movement, supported by a $1\.5 million U\.S\. Army contract\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]()