Soccer ball-shaped drone might be the safest flying robot yet

As cool as drones are, some of the designs, which often look like alternate takes on mini helicopters, aren’t as cool and futuristic as we hoped when drones first began appearing in our skies

Now a small team from Belgium aims to change that by introducing a tiny drone that looks like something from a science fiction film. It's called Fleye, and its makers call it "the flying robot of the future."

At just 23 centimeters in diameter, about the size of a soccer ball, the simplicity of the drone's exterior makes the Fleye look like it's levitating via invisible antigravity forces rather than through its concealed single shield propeller Read more...