Skydio 2 autonomous drone lets anyone capture footage like a pro

You'd better have some cool places lined up to take Skydio's newest drone camera, because it can snap aerial photo and video like a professional. 

For fans of the Bay Area-based company's first drone, the R1, the newest iteration announced Tuesday is sleeker, lighter, smaller, frameless, and more like a camera app that you control from your phone. Most importantly, it's cheaper. Like $999, compared to almost $2,000 for its predecessor that came out 18 months ago. 

At about the $1,000 mark it's iPhone-priced, but "phones don't fly," as Skydio CEO Adam Bry said. Main competitor DJI's highest-end portable drone is over $1,000. Read more...