AI can accelerate coding, simulation can accelerate testing, and new tools can shorten development cycles, but someone still has to understand the system well enough to know whether the result will work outside the virtual environment.

A new method for controlling groups of drones, technically known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), could make formation flying smoother and reduce energy consumption and mechanical wear, according to research in the International Journal of Systems, Control and Communications. The work combines fuzzy logic processing with a self-adjusting control system, known as a self-coupling proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller.