Czech scientists win bronze at the World Autonomous Drone Competition

A team of Czech scientists won a bronze medal at the World Autonomous Drone Competition in Abu Dhabi at the weekend. The competition attracted 210 teams from around the world. The top four teams in each discipline advanced to the finals. The Czech team finished fourth in the main event, which was a  race to reach the maximum speed of autonomous flight, winning more than 50,000 dollars. The team also advanced to the final round in a discipline in which four drones flew at once, and in a slalom for time between distant gates.