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Does it have vision features like DJIs? Like follow and track a moving object

by mtw 10y ago

mesh 10y ago
They did not explicitly mention that in their keynote, which would suggest to me they don't have it.
semi-extrinsic 10y ago
It doesn't look like it, no. Shameless plug for a buddy of mine's startup: the Staaker drone does autonomous follow and track (based on radio signals, not vision), makes really sweet stabilised videos with different hover/follow patterns, and has gotten the best reviews out of all the action sports drones launched so far. It's almost like having a personal helicopter camera crew, but without the $10k/hour price tag. https://www.staaker.com https://www.staaker.com
- dannylandau 10y ago
  Nice! How does it compare to the Lily -- https://www.lily.camera/ https://www.lily.camera/ It never shipped, but just curious
  - at-fates-hands 10y ago
    Most drones do have this kind of functionality. Even the 3DR Iris+ (which isn't supported anymore) has these features and you can still find it for $200-$300 less than the GoPro. The only problem is since its not supported, parts are harder to come by. The 3DR Solo is the replacement and they're supporting this model exclusively. I believe all the Yuneec drones have all these features and well under the GoPro price point. For a few more dollars, you can get a lot more drone with they Yuneec Typhoon H: https://yuneec.com/en_US/products/typhoon/h/overview.html https://yuneec.com/en_US/products/typhoon/h/overview.html Just a personal preference, but I've heard DJI has the worst customer service. When I was in the market for my first drone (2014), I was shocked at all the forum posts about their customer service: http://www.phantompilots.com/threads/horrible-dji-customer-service.19877/ http://www.phantompilots.com/threads/horrible-dji-customer-s... https://www.reddit.com/r/djiphantom/comments/3b2jvp/honestly_how_bad_is_the_dji_customer_service/ https://www.reddit.com/r/djiphantom/comments/3b2jvp/honestly... Maybe they've gotten better, but I stuck with 3DR and have had good experiences with them. They respond to emails really fast, if I call, they're patient with me and have helped me out a few jams where my drone was acting up. I didn't have to ship it to them, they walked me through the troubleshooting until it was fixed. Full disclosure: I own two 3DR drones and a Yuneec Q500. Both companies are US based companies with US based customer support.
  - semi-extrinsic 10y ago
    Perhaps most importantly the Staaker is much faster. I think the top speed is twice that of the Lily, which could never keep up with an above-novice person skiing/surfing/snowboarding/biking. Also the tracking is far beyond anything that's possible with machine vision, like I said it's based on a radio transmitter unit / controller that you keep in a pocket. The Staaker guys have been field testing with some of the world's best extreme sports athletes over the past year. It's also more expensive than the Lily and the GoPro Karma, at MSRP $1700 ($1100 if you order one now, GoPro not included at either price) it's targeting the semi-pro market more than the competition is.

Does it have vision features like DJIs? Like follow and track a moving object

by mtw 10y ago

Does it have vision features like DJIs? Like follow and track a moving object

mesh 10y ago

They did not explicitly mention that in their keynote, which would suggest to me they don't have it.

semi-extrinsic 10y ago

It doesn't look like it, no. Shameless plug for a buddy of mine's startup: the Staaker drone does autonomous follow and track (based on radio signals, not vision), makes really sweet stabilised videos with different hover/follow patterns, and has gotten the best reviews out of all the action sports drones launched so far. It's almost like having a personal helicopter camera crew, but without the $10k/hour price tag. https://www.staaker.com https://www.staaker.com

dannylandau 10y ago
Nice! How does it compare to the Lily -- https://www.lily.camera/ https://www.lily.camera/ It never shipped, but just curious
- at-fates-hands 10y ago
  Most drones do have this kind of functionality. Even the 3DR Iris+ (which isn't supported anymore) has these features and you can still find it for $200-$300 less than the GoPro. The only problem is since its not supported, parts are harder to come by. The 3DR Solo is the replacement and they're supporting this model exclusively. I believe all the Yuneec drones have all these features and well under the GoPro price point. For a few more dollars, you can get a lot more drone with they Yuneec Typhoon H: https://yuneec.com/en_US/products/typhoon/h/overview.html https://yuneec.com/en_US/products/typhoon/h/overview.html Just a personal preference, but I've heard DJI has the worst customer service. When I was in the market for my first drone (2014), I was shocked at all the forum posts about their customer service: http://www.phantompilots.com/threads/horrible-dji-customer-service.19877/ http://www.phantompilots.com/threads/horrible-dji-customer-s... https://www.reddit.com/r/djiphantom/comments/3b2jvp/honestly_how_bad_is_the_dji_customer_service/ https://www.reddit.com/r/djiphantom/comments/3b2jvp/honestly... Maybe they've gotten better, but I stuck with 3DR and have had good experiences with them. They respond to emails really fast, if I call, they're patient with me and have helped me out a few jams where my drone was acting up. I didn't have to ship it to them, they walked me through the troubleshooting until it was fixed. Full disclosure: I own two 3DR drones and a Yuneec Q500. Both companies are US based companies with US based customer support.
- semi-extrinsic 10y ago
  Perhaps most importantly the Staaker is much faster. I think the top speed is twice that of the Lily, which could never keep up with an above-novice person skiing/surfing/snowboarding/biking. Also the tracking is far beyond anything that's possible with machine vision, like I said it's based on a radio transmitter unit / controller that you keep in a pocket. The Staaker guys have been field testing with some of the world's best extreme sports athletes over the past year. It's also more expensive than the Lily and the GoPro Karma, at MSRP $1700 ($1100 if you order one now, GoPro not included at either price) it's targeting the semi-pro market more than the competition is.