The Flying Sphere

Its Japanese developers call it the 'Futuristic Circular Flying Object' and it's designed to go where humans can't.

The radio-controlled sphere, roughly the size of a basketball, was built for search and rescue operations, specifically to fly in and out of buildings weakened by earthquakes or other natural disasters.

The device uses its onboard camera to transmit live images of whatever it sees

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[rigragtag]

Now give it 343 Guilty Spark's voice and i'll buy it

[Millian Anggono]

he is cute



[Odd A]

Search and destroy missions

[stephen mears]

All it needs now are lasers and a place to put the defective humans!

[everready59]

YOU MUST BE NEW.

[LordOrlock]

Give it lasers and make them pest control. Halo time baby.

[Mike Philbin]

so, no DRONE capability then, right....

[aomimezura11]

flying sphere vs. ball catching robot!

[fromstart2finish]

To be perfectly honest, i can only see this being used in the entertainment industry to get close views for movies, tv shows, and sports games. Imagine this ball flying around a football field getting close shots of players, so close that you can see each bead of sweat roll down their face. But this can be used for rescue and stuff too....

[HarryHaller8523999]

WOW! very fascinating, hope this ball will not ever used for warfare or terroristic aims. could be very useful for observation or rescue operations.

[Usagi Sensei]

That is a cool invention and i believe that it can be used in many ways, but anti terrorism? hmmmm we need to use stealth to see where the hostages are being kept. send in the sphere....... BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ­ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!

[d4rksabre]

"We have thousands of probe droids searching the galaxy. I want proof, not leads!"