Car that deploys drone for recon.

**BratPAQ** · February 7th, 2014 05:29 AM

This is the Renault KWID, a car that carries a quadcopter drone for terrain reconnoissance tucked inside a little hangar on its rooftop. It may seem like a silly James Bondigh invention, but it actually makes a lot of sense in certain situations.

The three-seat prototype—presented in New Delhi Motor Show, in India—can deploy the smart drone at the touch of a button. Called Flying Companion, it has an onboard GPS and a camera for terrain, traffic, and obstacle reconnaissance. It has two modes: automatic and manual.

In automatic mode the drone follows a path using GPS waypoints, as designated by the driver—like an airplane autopilot. The manual mode allows the driver or the co-pilot to control the quadcopter using a built-in tablet panel.

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although this will be more useful for offroad, i think it will also a bit useful for city use, especially on traffic. gusto kong malaman kung sinong mokong ang nag ca cause ng traffic (lalo na sa tagaytay). sometimes it would also be useful to have a birds eye view of the road so youll know which one to take. yun nga lang sasabit yan sa mga kawad ng kuryente at overpass.

**CVT** · February 7th, 2014 08:17 AM

Now, that is cool, bro..

Huwag nga lang mati-tirador ng mga bata...

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**badkuk** · February 7th, 2014 09:46 AM

pinag isipan ko na rin to dati, i.e. deploy an RC helicopter to check out what's causing traffic. Kaso, by that time you're already in traffic. Mas maganda ata if you check out the online MMDA webcams na lang. Or their traffic monitoring app(which may not always be up to date, up to the minute)