Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) often called drones, are becoming increasingly important for military and security operations. This paper presents the analysis of the design and construction of a flying autonomous robotic vehicle or drone. The drone constructed is a quadcopter and in its final form will be able to take off, swing holding steady its position, move in space and avoid obstacles according to a predefined pattern as well as report its position in space via GPS tracking. The drone uses Arduino microcontroller as its flight controller that communicates directly with the drone's sensors and is responsible for controlling them. The drone also carries a camera that can be operated manually or automatically to monitor and lock onto a target, based on its color, or just survey the field of operation. The camera can also move independently of the drone based on the commands received to the ESP-32 microcontroller from the user's computer, where the video processing takes place.