Season 2 Ep. 18 Adam Bry of Skydio is leading the next generation of autonomous drones

Описание: When you are skiing down a mountain, riding your bike along a forest trail, or surfing 6-footers, it is hard enough just to concentrate on what you are doing, let alone try to capture a video of the moment.

But what if you could hire a professional videographer to follow you and capture every move?

Well, now you can in the form of AI-powered drones from Skydio. While personal use is just one application, the company has found success across a multitude of use cases. In this episode, we’re joined by Adam Bry, co-founder and CEO of the unicorn startup Skydio, which produces drones that are fully autonomous with AI software as their pilot.

What's in this episode:

00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:13 - Motivation behind Skydio
00:02:35 - Key components of Skydio drones
00:05:08 - Skydio’s real-time geometric perception system
00:07:12 - Similarities of drones and self-driving cars
00:12:22 - Product updates and enhancements
00:13:50 - Developing Skydio’s deep learning algorithms
00:16:39 - Blending real and synthetic data
00:18:51 - Skydio’s motion planning system
00:19:55 - Consumer experience
00:23:02 - Industrial and commercial use cases
00:27:43 - Drones for public safety
00:31:42 - Community Engagement and Transparency
00:34:41 - Adam’s early interest in flight
00:36:18 - Skydio’s co-founding story
00:38:03 - Delivery Drones: Google’s Project Wing and Zipline
00:40:55 - The arc of autonomy for drones
00:46:15 - Navigating the competitive landscape
00:49:17 - Plans for Skydio’s future


Links:
Website: https://www.skydio.com/
Adam's Twitter:   / adampbry  
Company Twitter:   / skydiohq  
Drones in Action: https://bit.ly/3kzeqGW
Latest Drone: https://tcrn.ch/3y7590Y
Drones for Public Safety: https://nyti.ms/3kCDZHl

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Host: Pieter Abbeel
Executive Producers: Alice Patel & Henry Tobias Jones
Production: Fresh Air Production