Camera drone

Autel Robotics has revealed what's claimed to be "the most powerful and advanced foldable drone on the planet" at CES 2020. The Evo II flies for over half an hour, can reach speeds of 45 mph, and comes with a 6K or 8K camera.

After catching our eye with the peculiarly shaped PowerEgg drone in 2016, PowerVision has returned to drop another nicely rounded aircraft into the mix with the PowerEgg X, which also functions as a portable AI-powered camera.

While quadcopters may provide photographers with a great way of getting aerial shots, sometimes a ground-based approach to the subject is what's required. That's why Vanora Robots has developed a four-wheeled camera platform known simply as Steve.

DJI has announced the latest member of its Mavic family of folding drones. The Mavic Mini folds up to palm-sized proportions, can capture 2.7K video when in flight and is reported to have one of the longest flight times for a drone this size.

Skydio released an impressive self-flying camera drone in early October that may well take autonomous flight to a whole new level, and in a new purpose-built base station it could soon have the self-charging capabilities to go with it.

The Skydio 2 is the first camera drone in years to beat DJI to the market with game-changing technology, like omnidirectional vision and AI-powered self-piloting capabilities.

Parrot has jumped on board the HD FPV train with a new camera drone that lets you strap your phone to your face.

The folks at Moment have been busy building lenses and accessories to give mobile cameras a boost. They are now turning this expertise to DJI’s drones, producing a purpose-built anamorphic lens that owners of the aircraft can stick over the camera to give their snaps some extra pizzazz. ​​

​​After arriving on the scene in 2016 with a camera drone that can be stowed away inside a smartphone case, startup AirSelfie has continued to build out its fleet of tiny fliers with three new models on debut at CES.

​DJI has today released a drone for business professionals, governments and educators that's a good deal more portable than the recently-revealed Phantom 4 RTK. As it's name suggests, it's a special business edition of the Mavic 2 foldable drone that launched a few months back.​

​At just US$369, the upcoming Hubsan Zino offers a spec sheet that gives DJI's Mavic Air a run for its money at less than half the price. The Zino rocks a 4K, 30 FPS, gimbal-stabilized wide-angle camera, and its automated features include a visual track and follow mode.

It's taken a couple of years, but 21-year-old drone entrepreneur George Matus has finally got his flagship Teal One drone into production. Fast, compact and smart, the Teal One packs an Nvidia Jetson TX processor and has its own app platform to enable AR, autonomy and deep learning applications.