Skydio R1: Ultimate Collision Avoidance Drone

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In this episode, the Roswell Flight Test Crew learns about the R1 drone from Kyle Russell of Skydio. The R1 is a Follow-Me drone intended for action sports enthusiasts that incorporates a radically advanced collision avoidance system using 12 machine vision cameras that provide it with a complete view of the surrounding environment: ahead, behind, left, right, above and below. To calculate depth information from these six pairs of cameras, the R1 carries an TX1 NVIDIA GPU, which is also used for a similar purpose on self-driving cars. In addition, the process runs a neural network to recognize individual people, follow them and predict their movements up to four seconds in advance. For capturing the action, it carries a 4K video camera mounted on a forward-facing, two-axis gimbal.