Transport & space · 2013

Consumer quadcopter

Smartphone sensors and batteries put a stable camera drone in anyone's hands.

Cheap MEMS gyroscopes, accelerometers, GPS and Li-ion packs from the smartphone industry made quadcopters self-stabilizing. DJI's Phantom, launched in 2013, created the mass consumer drone market. Small drones now inspect infrastructure, survey farms and deliver medical supplies.

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