In Japan, a spherical flying drone HAGAMOSphere was created
The Japanese spherical drone from DIC Group has won the CES Innovation Award 2025 and will be presented at CES 2025. It can both fly and roll on the ground.
The Japanese spherical drone from DIC Group has won the CES Innovation Award 2025 and will be presented at CES 2025. It can both fly and roll on the ground.
As Interesting Engineering reports, the spherical drone has eight propellers mounted on a cubic frame. A patented algorithm maintains the drone’s balance by controlling their rotation. This allows it to move forward, backward, left, or right without tilting.
DIC Group developers have also created a special protective geometric body that allows the drone to roll on the ground and move independently. Thus, the drone can be deployed in the air or on the ground, depending on the need, which expands the scope of drone applications.
Interestingly, DIC Group is not a drone manufacturer, but a leading Japanese developer of fine chemicals. But the company has teamed up with Masashi Miwa, an associate professor at the University of Tokushima, an institute that researches multicopters. The prototype was developed by Hishida R&D Co., a company that specializes in custom drone development and has also conducted field tests of the HAGAMOSphere.
DIC Group supported the project by selecting materials to create the drone, designing the structures necessary for mass production, and using computer simulation of the flight.
The prototype received recognition for outstanding design and engineering and was named a CES Innovation Awards 2025 winner, the first award for DIC Group.
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