UC Irvine researchers bring down AI powered drones with painted umbrellas (arxiv.org)

The real paper title is too long to fit: "FlyTrap: Physical Distance-Pulling Attack Towards Camera-based Autonomous Target Tracking Systems"

Twenty second demonstration video: https://youtu.be/tXDb5lqqFgw?si=NcAxtJIPVaLgYmun

This was posted earlier but didn't get the attention I feel like it deserves: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47412102

I'm not sure the "painting" of the umbrella added much benefit. Most of the tracking ability would be lost with any opaque head covering

"Adversarial umbrella" is my band's new name

Pretty cool. I think a combo of that and emergency blankets (which hide your heat signature) will make you invisible to drones.