Thursday, January 16, 2014

Parrot Lead Designer Demos New Jumping Sumo Robot

Parrot Lead Designer Thomas Barse demoed the company's new Jumping Sumo robot for us at CES 2014.
 

Piloted via Wi-Fi 2.4 or 5GHz with a smartphone or a tablet, Parrot calls the Jumping Sumo a new genre of connected robot.

 


Half robot, half insect, it is equipped with a gyroscope and an accelerometer, which provides fool-proof agility and intuitive piloting. It can roll, turn 90 degrees with speed and astonishing precision – meaning no obstacle is too challenging – and also perform spectacular jumps (up to 80 cm) always landing on its “wheels”!

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