China’s High-Stakes Robot Wars

For two weeks each year, college students take over a massive stadium and fill it with fighting drones, plastic ammo, and rapt spectators. This is Robomasters, held in Shenzhen by DJI, the world’s leading drone maker. In part two of Hello World Shenzhen, Bloomberg Businessweek’s Ashlee Vance goes inside the world of Nerf-style robo-warfare to spotlight the kinds of innovation that have kept DJI, at the forefront of a booming market, and demonstrates why you may not want him on your squad. Credits: Creator & Host Ashlee Vance Director David Nicholson Producer Diana Suryakusuma Writers Ashlee Vance Alan Jeffries Director of Photography David Nicholson Editor Alan Jeffries Camera Jack Lam Camera Assistant Qi Yang Motion Graphics Sylvia Yang Fixer Yang Liu Audio Mix Cadell Cook Colorist Allie Ames #BloombergHelloWorld