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DRONES

Parrot

Drones for consumers and professionals.

Founded
1994 to today
From
Paris, France
Status
Active

Its AR.Drone was one of the first consumer camera drones.

Source: Wikipedia

LANDMARKS

  1. 2010AR.Drone

In the library

2010Action and drone

Parrot AR.Drone

ParrotSmall sensor

A smartphone-controlled quadcopter with a camera that brought drones to consumers.

Source: WikipediaPhoto: Nicolas Halftermeyer, CC BY 3.0
2014Action and drone

Parrot Bebop

ParrotSmall sensor, fisheye

A light drone with digital stabilisation of a fisheye camera instead of a mechanical gimbal.

Source: WikipediaPhoto: WEi WEi from 桃園縣, 台灣, CC BY 2.0
2010Drones

Parrot AR.Drone

Parrot

A smartphone-controlled quadcopter unveiled at CES 2010, an early consumer drone.

Source: WikipediaPhoto: Nicolas Halftermeyer, CC BY 3.0
2015Drones

Parrot Bebop 2

Parrot

Lighter, longer-flying follow-up to the Bebop with the same digital stabilisation idea.

Source: WikipediaPhoto: Halftermeyer, CC BY-SA 4.0