Spherical Flying Machine

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By Adam Flaherty
Posted 2011/10/31 @ 2:00 am
Category Robotics

Developed by the research department of Japan’s Ministry of Defense, the Spherical Flying Machine is a first of its kind remote control vehicle that can perform a vertical take off and landing and has the ability to use its surface for locomotion.

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Andy Callaway on October 31st, 2011 at 3:27 am said:

Just in time for Christmas…

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Archibald Tuttle on October 31st, 2011 at 4:56 am said:

Reminds me of the floating Jedi-Training Remote Droid. May the force be with you, Luke (Heavy breathing..).

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- Daniel Kim on October 31st, 2011 at 7:24 am said:
  
  Reminds me more of the interrogation droid that Vader used on Leia.
  
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  Andrew William Huntley II on November 3rd, 2011 at 10:58 am said:
  
  I am soooo glad I was not the first one to point that out. Although, I admit I was thinking more of the probe droids from Darth Maul (Episode 1)
  
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Archibald Tuttle on October 31st, 2011 at 5:00 am said:

See here: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/11/hacker-builds-floating-jedi-training-remote-droid/

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Sean Michael Ragan on October 31st, 2011 at 5:57 am said:

We actually hit this back in June, when it was on Japanese TV…

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/06/spherical-helicopter-reconnaisance-drone.html

But this is new video, which is doubly nice because the old one’s gone dead.

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