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http://www.epson.co.jp/e/newsroom/news_2004_08_18.htm

http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=&fArticleId=2191601

I think I need one of these to fly around my office and spy on my co-workers...

Video (1.03MB):

http://www.epson.co.jp/e/newsroom/img/2004/040818.wmv

136 mm wide, 85 mm tall and a light weight of only 12.3 grams with the battery included

On board is a 32-bit microcontroller, a super-thin motor, a digital camera that sends blurry images and a tiny gyro-sensor that weighs less than one-tenth of a gram.

Seiko Epson Corporation ("Epson") today announced that it has successfully developed a lighter and more advanced successor to the FR, the world's smallest and lightest micro-flying robot. Turning once again to its micromechatronics technology, Epson has redefined the state of the art with its FR-II micro-flying robot?the world's new lightest and most advanced microrobot, which also features Bluetooth wireless control and independent flight*2. The FR-II will be on display at the Emerging Technology Fair, part of the Future Creation Fair that runs from August 27 to 30 at the Tokyo International Forum.

 

[Templar Wizard]

very very cool.
kudos for that.