In February, we announced our new global partnership with the Drone Racing League, and now there’s just two weeks to go until the Allianz World Championship!
The professional drone race – which is the first of its kind to be held in the UK – will be held at Alexandra Palace on Tuesday 13 June. High performance drones that can reach speeds of up to 80mph (130kph), piloted by the most elite drone pilots in the world, will be put to the test on a three-dimensional race course that weaves throughout the entire palace.
Plenty of people have been making the comparison with the pod-racing of Star Wars, seeing it as an example of science fiction ‘coming to life’, but there are some more practical, real-world uses for drones emerging.
Here we highlight the four possible uses of drone technology, besides racing.
