The "follow (me)" feature of commercial consumer drones is one of the most interesting aspects of drone technology, and it is getting even more interesting fast.
Ben Popper headlines his article at The Verge as: DJI's revolutionary Phantom 4 drone can dodge obstacles and track humans.
Matt McFarland has the story at the Washington Post in Drones are now smart enough to follow our every footstep.
According to McFarland, the new DJI Phantom 4 now has a thus far unique feature in that it can be programmed viz. set, as McFarland notes: "[to] identify and track a specific person or thing based solely on appearance", i.e. without that thing or person having to carry some kind of transmitter to which a drone responds.
This opens up a vast array of possibilities, and e.g. permits video selfies in which the drone follows a person involved in a given action, e.g. a sport, whether by land, sea or air.
