Skydio: $1k Skydio 2 drone launch takes aim at DJI

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Post by mtb2718 » Tue, Oct 01, 2019, 4:47 PM UTC

Skydio: $1k Skydio 2 drone launch takes aim at DJI
skydio.com

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Oct 01, 2019, 5:09 PM UTC

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Post by Justin_K » Tue, Oct 01, 2019, 5:23 PM UTC

Looks really cool, but I'm skeptical of all the demo videos and whether or not a person or software flew the drone. Would like to see some independent reviews of their following capability.

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Post by notus » Tue, Oct 01, 2019, 5:26 PM UTC

Justin_K wrote: post #3

Looks really cool, but I'm skeptical of all the demo videos and whether or not a person or software flew the drone. Would like to see some independent reviews of their following capability.

I think even if it is not that great it still beats DJI from a price point and technical specs perspective.

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Post by tekknolagi » Tue, Oct 01, 2019, 5:32 PM UTC

This seems like an ad. Title reads like one and link just points to homepage. This is the poster's only submission.

cc dang

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Post by lkschubert8 » Tue, Oct 01, 2019, 5:37 PM UTC

Justin_K wrote: post #3

Looks really cool, but I'm skeptical of all the demo videos and whether or not a person or software flew the drone. Would like to see some independent reviews of their following capability.

I think it may just be the case that they heavily culled the shots they had. Some of the "automated" movement does end up looking too cinematic.

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Post by probablyexists » Tue, Oct 01, 2019, 5:38 PM UTC

notus wrote: post #4

Justin_K wrote: post #3

Looks really cool, but I'm skeptical of all the demo videos and whether or not a person or software flew the drone. Would like to see some independent reviews of their following capability.

I think even if it is not that great it still beats DJI from a price point and technical specs perspective.

It is always good for DJI to have some competition. They have been spending too much time going after GoPro cameras instead of advancing their quadcopters.

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Post by madmax96 » Tue, Oct 01, 2019, 5:38 PM UTC

I wonder what autopilot this uses? One of the open source ones or a custom implementation?

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Post by aeternum » Tue, Oct 01, 2019, 5:39 PM UTC

Justin_K wrote: post #3

Looks really cool, but I'm skeptical of all the demo videos and whether or not a person or software flew the drone. Would like to see some independent reviews of their following capability.

The Skydio R1 was by far the leader in collision avoidance and follow capability. Flitetest did an independent review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG_PMF27tDE

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Post by mtb2718 » Tue, Oct 01, 2019, 5:42 PM UTC

tekknolagi wrote: post #5

This seems like an ad. Title reads like one and link just points to homepage. This is the poster's only submission. cc dang

Full disclosure: this is a friend's startup. Not intended to be an advert. We've worked together on computer vision problems in the past, and there is some serious tech under the hood here. Happy to change the title if you have a better suggestion.