Robot Innovations: Hobby and Competition Robots

Robot Innovations: Hobby and Competition Robots — page 5
DESIGNING ROBOTS THE DRONES AND RACE COURSES OF THE DRL The DRL builds the drones used for each race Drones in DRL races travel approximately 80 miles per hour 130 km h The drones are all built the same This means that no drone has an advantage The pilots must rely on their flying skills to win The DRL also builds its own courses Courses are made up of LED hoops and obstacles They are built in abandoned buildings and stadiums around the world During the DRL’s first international championships in 2017 the course was constructed in a London palace that was originally built in 1873 remote-controlled aircraft for decades However these aircraft were different Pilots wore first-person viewing FPV headsets allowing them to see from a camera mounted on the drone’s body It was like being inside the drone as it flew Horbaczewski wanted to organize a drone racing sport Pilots would race in different courses around the world Viewers could watch the races on TV or the