Lily: smart camera drone flying over you

Many people like to do self-portraits, and even used for all sorts of contraptions like sticks with remote descent camera and so on.. But how to take a picture, if you go down on skis or hard grebёsh boat?

Here come to the aid Lily - a hybrid of a smartphone and personal quadrocopters. Lily will be intently watching you and shoot.

Just Throw Lily in the air and run anywhere.



Best of all possibilities Lily shown in the demo.



As shown, Lily is able to work in the "advance" mode, moving directly to the owner. Or in the standard mode behind it. In addition, a circular flyby mode when the copter flies a group of people, shooting video and taking photos of the team.

Teams copter controller gives 6 cm in diameter, made in the form of a wristwatch.



Specifications Lily:
* Housing made of polycarbonate, waterproof rating IP67
* Size 26, 1 x 26, 1 x 8, 18 cm
* The weight of 1, 3 kg
* Lithium-ion battery for 20 minutes of flight, charged from 5A charging (charging 2 hours)

Flight characteristics:
* The minimum height above his head: 1, 75 m
* Maximum height: 15 m
* Maximum speed: 40 km / h
* The minimum distance from a user: 1, 75 m
* The maximum distance from the user: 30m

Optics:
* Video 1080p 60fps
* Video 720p 120fps
* Video format: mp4, codec H.264
* Video FOV: 94º
* Photo 12 MP

Sensors:
* Accelerometer
* Gyro
* Magnetometer
* Barometer
* GPS
* Front camera
* The camera in the bottom

Memory:
* 4 GB microSD included
* Connector for external memory


P.S. Development Lily started in robotics lab at UC Berkeley in September 2013. Then the project was supported by investors, and now the project came to the finish line. I started receiving pre-orders for $ 499 ($ ​​20-30 + shipping).

Source: geektimes.ru/post/250270/