Joby Aviation, a California-based company that develops next-generation technologies and operates the Blade urban transportation service, has achieved a significant technological breakthrough. A converted Cessna Caravan aircraft, designated J208, has flown autonomously from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast. The human pilot in the cockpit did not make a single input on the controls during the entire journey, as the system taxied, took off, navigated, and landed autonomously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The flight was remotely controlled from Joby\u2019s autonomy headquarters in California and Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina, where the aircraft was monitored from up to 2,300 miles away. The flight is part of the broader Electric Skies 2026 tour and demonstrates the system\u2019s applicability in commercial cargo, emergency services, and military logistics. By incorporating the technology into already certified airframes, the company aims to provide a rapidly scalable path to autonomous air transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the flight, the aircraft demonstrated its ability to adapt to challenging conditions. Without prior experience with the location, it successfully navigated through the highly congested airspace of Phoenix Deer Valley Airport, automatically avoiding storm clouds in real time. The flight concluded with a symbolic low flyby of the Kitty Hawk memorial and landing in the Outer Banks region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The technology is based on more than 400 flights and 800 hours of solo flight, and was developed based on a system that Joby acquired from Xwing in 2024.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kalifornijsko podjetje Joby Aviation, ki razvija tehnologije naslednje generacije ter upravlja storitev urbanega prevoza Blade, je doseglo pomemben tehnolo\u0161ki preboj. Predelano letalo Cessna Caravan z oznako J208 je namre\u010d samostojno preletelo razdaljo od Pacifika do atlantske obale. \u010clove\u0161ki pilot v kabini med celotno potjo ni opravil niti enega vnosa na krmilnih napravah, saj je sistem […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[979],"class_list":["post-8191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-zivljenjski-slog","tag-avtonomni-roboti"],"acf":{"subtitle":"","heading":"","summary":"Joby Aviation je z avtonomnim letalom J208 brez krmilnih posegov pilota preletel 5148 km preko ZDA. Polet je potekal pod oddaljenim nadzorom do 3738 km ter dokazal zanesljivost samodejne navigacije v re\u0161evalne in logisti\u010dne namene.","thumbnail_small":"https:\/\/racunalniske-novice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/J208_PR_4-560x315.jpg","thumbnail_large":"https:\/\/racunalniske-novice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/J208_PR_4-1024x577.jpg","thumbnail_caption":"Foto: Joby","gallery":"","video_gallery":null,"author":"","links":null,"sources":[{"title":"jobyaviation","url":"https:\/\/ir.jobyaviation.com\/news-events\/press-releases\/detail\/192\/joby-completes-first-ever-fully-autonomous-flight-across"}],"skip_language":[]},"yoast_head":"\n