The world's first spherical flying machine

TVia The Feral Irishman

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This is the world's first spherical flying machine developed by the Research Department at Japan's Ministry of Defense.

This machine can hover like a helicopter, and take-off and land vertically. But because it works like a propeller plane standing vertically, it can fly forward at high speed using wings, which a helicopter can't do. This machine also has three gyro sensors, so even if it hits an obstacle, it can maintain its attitude and keep flying through automatic control.

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