You are allowed an exemption of $800 if you are married and your wife went with you are $1,600 duty free. If you are at the $800 level they do not charge duty until after $1,000, so If you spent say $1,300 on the drone there is only a duty charge...
First of all, cool community!
Second of all, I am an utter noob and not highly tech savvy, either.
Third of all, at the risk of being revealed as an utter buffoon, I'm working on an odd little project and am looking for a drone that can do a...
Are you wanting to set it loose on your own and do all this? If so then its really not possible, and it's not legal either.
You need a good pilot and while the pilot can use such "features" as obstacle avoidance, it wouldnt do much good around...