A couple of years ago I wrote about the work of Davide Scaramuzza and his colleagues at the University of Zurich’s Robotics and Perception Group, and the development of a racing drone able to match ...

The 2023 FAI World Drone Racing Championships (WDRC) will host its first-ever virtual "e-Drone" Racing Cup, where pilots use Xbox controllers and a simulator to compete on a digital version of the ...

Why you'll want to watch these drones in action. — -- Drone racing is edging its way toward becoming a serious spectator sport. The Drone Racing League announced its first season today -- a ...

On an otherwise dark November night, neon flashes zoomed around the Huntington Beach Pier. They weren’t comets, per se. They were the Comets — an upstart drone racing team from Westminster with ...

The call for drone dominance has taken center stage in U.S. defense strategy, with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announcing ...

It was only really a matter of time before this took off (excuse the pun), but finally drone racing has become a reality. Based in the French Alps, a club called Airgony has started staging drone ...

As it prepares for the 2023-24 season, the Drone Racing League has renewed its partnership with the U.S. Air Force, its longest-running sponsor. This year, racers will compete from the “U.S. Air Force ...

Even with all the technological advancements in recent years, autonomous systems have never been able to keep up with top-level human racing drone pilots. However, it looks like that gap has been ...

Drone racing is confirmed as an event at The World Games 2025 in Chengdu, China, treating drone pilots as professional athletes following its successful debut in 2022. The competition features 32 ...

Professional pilots race their drones at up to 80 mph in this soaring new sport. BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- At the sound of the buzzer, three drones shoot into the air and careen through an obstacle course at ...