[alsodumb]

We don't have to forger DJI and Autel - Skydio beat them in autonomy. Period. You seem to lack the understanding of fundamental difference between how a DJI drone flies around and how a Skydio flies around.

I work on drones for research. I do RL. No one in academia can build something so robust. You seem to think that flying drones autonomously in the real world is same as running an RL simulation. Good luck trying to build it for a 1000$ lol. Sure, go ahead and try your open source project. Good luck to you!

I strongly suggest you to do some reading before talking about things you clearly don't know anything about.

[good_boy]

My Autel EVO II flies impressively well tracking me in dense forest. May be not as good, I don't have Skydio, so can't say. All I'm saying is that gap between advanced hobbyist with off the shelf components and one of the best on the market is just a few years. Cheap mass production is a completely different story. And not surprisingly there are many startups with new ideas. I may join one one day. (my stereo cameras are coming, Jetson is waiting)