The RacerAI drone was designed to perceive the world with sensors, cameras and machine learning. Because of the customized level of design, it has inherent advantages over humans. For example, people must look to the left or to the right in order to see different fields of vision within a full 180-degree view, whereas the RacerAI's hemispherical cameras see the entire scope. "With robotics, we're doing the same thing right now that took humans hundreds of thousands of years to evolve: how big should its brain be, how fast should its body move, where should its set of eyes be?" says DRL chief technology officer Ryan Gury. "We created a huge set of tools so participants can compete and push the needle forward to create something that can defeat a human."