We’ve already seen them portrayed in many movies and TV shows in not-so-distant futures, and what with Amazon planning drone deliveries ... After all, this is like pod-racing on crack.

Both DR1 Racing and the Drone Racing League are, respectively, offering a lower $100,000 pot for this year's winner. Six figures to the winner of a drone racer is still nothing to scoff at.

Organisers the Drone Racing League predicts AI-powered drones will dominate the competition by 2023. Its first artificial-intelligence robotic racing contest was the result of a collaboration ...