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Skydio R1
Details
R1 is an autonomous camera drone that can track and follow a person or vehicle while capturing high-quality video and nimbly avoiding obstacles. It uses AI algorithms and 13 cameras for real-time navigation and subject tracking.
- Creator
- Skydio
- Country
- United States 🇺🇸
- Year
- 2018
- Type
- Drones, Consumer
- Creator
- Skydio
- Country
- United States 🇺🇸
- Year
- 2018
- Type
- Drones, Consumer
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Did You Know?
R1 uses simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) to construct and update a map of an environment, and keep track of a person's location within it. |
R1 uses deep-learning algorithms to detect and avoid obstacles like tree branches. |
R1 can fly gracefully around obstacles because it's constantly planning into the future based on its 3D understanding of the world and a subject's movements. |
Specs
- FEATURES
- 4K video capture. Hands-free operation with autonomous flight, tracking of people or vehicles, and dense obstacle avoidance.
- HEIGHT
- 3.8 cm | 1.5 in
- LENGTH
- 33 cm | 13 in
- WIDTH
- 40 cm | 15.8 in
- WEIGHT
- 1 kg | 2.2 lb
- SPEED
- 40 km/h | 25 mph
- SENSORS
- 12 navigation cameras for omnidirectional vision. One user video camera. Four inertial measurement units. GPS and barometer.
- ACTUATORS
- 4 motors
- POWER
- Rechargeable lithium-polymer batteries, 16 minutes of flight time
- COMPUTING
- NVIDIA Jetson TX1 with quad-core ARM CPUs, 4 GB RAM, and 256 CUDA cores (1 teraflops of performance)
- SOFTWARE
- N/A
- DEGREES OF FREEDOM (DOF)
- N/A
- MATERIALS
- Carbon fiber (rotor guards), aluminum (fuselage)
- COST
- $2,499
- STATUS
- Ongoing
- HISTORY
- WEBSITE
- https://www.skydio.com/
