Robot vs Robot - Autonomous Drone Racing

Though drone racing is becoming an increasingly popular activity, autonomous drone racing stills presents a number of intriguing design problems for roboticists - from the visualisation of the environment to the efficient processing of information onboard a device that needs to be very lightweight. The IROS 2019 Autonomous Drone Racing Competition brings together a number of competitors who think they're drone has what it takes to autonomously navigate a dynamically changing course. We stopped by to see the warm-up stages.