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DroneRise – new Skydio R1, drone ID, inside the Mavic Air and “Muscle Up”

Good morning and Happy Valentine’s day! Yesterday Skydio launched the drone they have been working on for 4 years, the R1. The R1 is a very special drone with next level obstacle avoidance as you will see in the video below.

Yesterday’s headlines

Today’s video

Today’s video has to be one of the new Skydio R1 collection. Just watch this drone fly and avoid the trees and branches and tell me you are not impressed!

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Every weekday morning at 6am sharp we will post a short re-cap of yesterday’s drone news. We will also include a video that shows the amazing footage that a drone and a capable drone pilot (and video editor) can produce.

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Avatar for Haye Kesteloo Haye Kesteloo

Haye Kesteloo is the Editor in Chief and Main Writer at DroneDJ, where he covers all drone related news and writes product reviews. He also contributes to the other sites in the 9to5Mac group such as; 9to5Mac, 9to5Google, 9to5Toys and Electrek. Haye can be reached at haye@dronedj.com or @hayekesteloo