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A reinforcement learning agent, a simulated quadrotor in our case, has trained with the Policy Proximal Optimization(PPO) algorithm was able to successfully compete against another simulated quadrotor that was running a classical path planning algorithm. Agent observations consist of data from IMU sensors, GPS coordinates of drone obtained through simulation and opponent drone GPS information. Using opponent drone GPS information during training helps dealing with complex state spaces, serving as expert guidance allows for efficient and stable training process. 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