One of Kevin Durant’s recent technology investments, Skydio, has unveiled an autonomous flying drone that athletes say could offer a hands-free approach to training and present new content opportunities.
After years of stealth development, Skydio unveiled this month the company’s first product: a fully autonomous artificially-intelligent flying 4K camera called R1.
The technology virtually “sees” the world through its 13 cameras and use of AI and vision algorithms, enabling it to maneuver around physical objects at high speeds without input from humans while predicting how the people it’s tracking will move.
“The promise of the self-flying camera has captured people’s imaginations, but today’s drones still need to be flown manually for them to be useful,” Skydio co-founder and CEO Adam Bry said in a statement.