Was $2,499 (2018)$2,499 Frontier Edition launch price; cut to $1,999 in September 2018 (one battery, extras $149).

Discontinued · used/leftover onlyVia SSH / web / bridge13 camerasNVIDIA JetsonAutonomous followRare

Weeks+Shipping: Rare. Discontinued; used units surface only occasionally on eBay.

Remote control: Not practical today: the Skills SDK ran through Skydio's cloud tooling, which is no longer offered for R1.

Skydio (archived) ↗Wikipedia (Skydio) ↗

Overview

The first consumer drone that could genuinely fly itself through forests while following a person, using 12 cameras and an onboard Jetson. It was expensive and slow, but proved the approach that Skydio 2 refined a year later.

Specifications

Category	Drones · Autonomous & developer drones
Released	2018
Availability	Discontinued · used/leftover only
Programmability	Limited SDK
Best for	Ages 16+ (estimated)
Vision sensors	Camera, Depth camera
Actuators	Brushless / direct-drive motors
Audio	No audio
Compute type	NVIDIA Jetson
Remote control	Via SSH / web / bridge
Size	~33×40×4 cm, ~1 kg
Drive	Quadcopter
Compute	NVIDIA Jetson TX1
Vision	12 navigation cameras + 4K main camera
Lidar	None
Sensors	IMU, GNSS, 360° stereo vision
Runtime	About 16 min
Speed	Up to 25 mph (about 11 m/s)
SDK	Skydio Skills SDK (Python), part of the Skydio Autonomy Platform launched for R1 in September 2018