A drone powered by artificial intelligence (AI) has completed a championship race course faster than some of the world's best human drone pilots.
In a study published Oct. 14 in the journal Science Robotics, scientists created an AI system capable of pushing a quadcopter through a demanding course at over 60 mph (100 km/h), using little more than a single forward-facing camera, an inertial measurement unit, and a tiny onboard computer.
The system, called MonoRace, even won the 2025 Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League drone racing competition, outperforming every rival autonomous team and posting faster times than three former human world-champion drone pilots.
MonoRace accomplished this without the aid of GPS, external motion-capture ...
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