Mini Parrot quadrocopter robot jumped to hit the opponent in August

French manufacturers of robot on a roll. Revealed last Thursday robot Aldebaran Robotics has a new character, pepper, go on sale next year. Yesterday, another company based in Paris, Parrot, has announced that its line of toy robots minidrones will hit U.S. stores in August

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At a ceremony in New York, said the parrot rolling spider, a small quadrotor, and will sell in the U.S. $ 99, and will jump Sumo, two-wheeled machine that moves and jumps, it costs $ 159. both will be available for the PlayStation in July and to retailers in the following months.

We met the first two controlled by smartphones at CES earlier this year robots, and were impressed by its capabilities. Rolling spider can fly and hover around, and even back in mid-air, and can also roll on the floor, walls and ceiling, or with two optional wheels (used robot smart Bluetooth to communicate with the phone or tablet can take pictures, but not the video stream). Sumo jump and two wheels and can zip around and spin in place and allows the spring, he jumped about 80 cm in the air (and uses Wi-Fi to connect to and can be saved and the video stream). Check the robots in action:





The only thing that users can find minidrones disappointing, that's life of the battery. Due to its small size, the robots carry a small battery. Spider roll can run for 8 minutes, jumping sumo for 20 minutes.

It is known for its popularity Parrot AR Drone, which packs a lot of technology for affordable quadrotor (the company recently showed even more impressive flying robot, and bebop Drone, though it should cost more). Minidrones with it, and it seems that the parrot targeting the entire market not only robot fans, but also for children (and their parents) looking for a cool robotic toys. Will they sell? Only time and holidays, and he will tell us.