Startup Spotlight: Skydio - Revolutionizing the Drone Industry with Autonomous Flying Technology
Skydio was founded in 2014 by a group of MIT PhD students with a shared passion for autonomous systems. Their mission was to create a drone that could follow and capture amazing footage while avoiding obstacles effortlessly. With this vision in mind, they developed the Skydio R1, a drone equipped with state-of-the-art computer vision and machine learning algorithms.