Lily: smart camera drone flies after you

Many people like to take self-portraits and even use all sorts of tricky devices for this purpose, like sticks with a camera's remote descent, etc. But how can you take a picture if you go skiing or strenuously rowing on a boat?

Here Lily comes to the rescue - a hybrid of a personal smartphone and a quadcopter. Lily will keep a close eye on you and shoot.

Just throw Lily in the air and run anywhere.
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Best of all, Lily's features are shown on the demo.



As shown, Lily is able to work in the “advanced” mode, moving directly in front of the owner. Or in standard mode behind it. In addition, there is a circular flyby mode, when the copter flies around a group of people, shooting video and taking photos on command.

Commands copter gives the control device with a diameter of 6 cm, made in the form of watches.



Technical characteristics of Lily:
* Polycarbonate housing, IP67 waterproof rating
* Dimensions 26.1 x 26.1 x 8.18 cm
* Weight 1.3 kg
* Lithium-ion battery for 20 minutes of flight, charging from 5A charge (charging time 2 hours)

Flight performance:
* Minimum height above head: 1.75 m
* Maximum height: 15 m
* Maximum speed: 40 km / h
* Minimum user distance: 1.75 m
* Maximum distance from user: 30 m

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

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

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

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PS Development of Lily began in the laboratory of robotics at the University of California at Berkeley in September 2013. Then the project was supported by investors, and now the project has reached the final stretch. Started accepting preorders for $ 499 (+ $ 20-30 delivery).