By Tekla Perry17 Nov 2015 21:14 GMTParrot Pitches BeBop 2 Drone As “Flying Image Processor” Photo: Parrot

If you’re already drone crazy, here’s what you probably want to know about the latest Parrot drone, the BeBop 2, introduced today in San Francisco. The 500-gram drone has a 2-kilometer range, a 25-minute battery life (twice as long as its predecessor), a top horizontal speed of 60 kilometers per hour, and can resist headwinds up to 39 miles per hour. The pilotless aircraft, which can operate in first-person view mode, will sell for US $500 when it comes out on 14 December.

If you’re interested in the engineering of this gadget, you might want to know that it includes: a vertical camera that watches the ground to help in stabilization; an ultrasound sensor that measures altitude up to 16 feet (about 5 meters) and a pressure sensor for tracking altitude beyond that; a 3-axis gyroscope, magnetometer, and accelerometer, and a GPS chipset; a graphics processor, and 8 gigabytes of flash memory. Its sensors operate at 1 kilohertz to feed the image stabilization’s software. The BeBop 2’s only moving parts are its propellers.

If you’ve never flown a drone solo before, like me, you certainly would want to know that the learning curve is about 45 seconds, it’s really, really hard to hurt someone because it’s small, light, and has built-in safety features (during my first 45 seconds at the controls those indeed came into play). Once you figure out how to point the gadget towards something you want to photograph you immediately see how having a camera drone could be a lot of fun.

Photo: Tekla PerryParrot CEO Henri Seydoux unveils the Parrot Bebop 2

Parrot CEO Henri Seydoux, unveiling the new drone, touted all of its features, including aerial performance, battery life, and wifi range. But, he said, “The most important feature is the camera; [consumer] drones are for taking pictures you can put on YouTube or Facebook. Bebop 2 is built around a camera; everything done to stabilize the image is through image processing. It’s a flying image processing device.”

Seydoux also stressed the drone’s size and weight: “Doing everything through software makes it lighter,” he said. “If it falls down, less opportunity to break itself.” And in a collision, “It doesn’t hurt if it hits someone.” (It also avoids causing injury with a feature that automatically stops all the propellers if one is touched.)

Photo: Tekla PerryParrot’s new Bebop 2

In hands-on testing of three or four drones by journalists who were drone novices—in an indoor ballroom where structural pillars regularly interrupted open space, there were a multitude of crashes into windows and walls. None of the collisions disabled any of the drones. After my first minute, during which I somehow didn’t understand that I could stop the drone by lifting my finger from the touchpad and flew it full speed into a cluster of Parrot staff members and journalists (a staff member calmly reached out and snatched it just before impact), I found it easy and fun to fly. Adding to the fun was the ability to get whatever camera view I wanted on the touchscreen. Definitely a user-friendly gizmo.

Think of it as a pigeon, Seydoux suggested. “A small bird,” he said. “has nearly the same capabilities of very large bird. A pigeon can travel hundreds of kilometers and know exactly where it is; it is as good for traveling as a goose.”

Parrot称BeBop 2无人机为“影像处理飞行设备”

parrot球场波普2无人机飞行图像处理器”照片：鹦鹉
如果你&rsquo；已经无人机疯狂，这里&rsquo；你可能想知道最新的鹦鹉无人机，波普2，今天介绍的三藩。500克的无人机 ；有两公里的范围内，一个25分钟的电池寿命（长了一倍，其前身），顶部水平每小时60公里的速度，并能抵御每小时39英里的逆风。无人驾驶飞机，可以在第一人称视角模式操作，将出售500美元的时候，十二月14。

如果你'；再在这个小工具的工程感兴趣，你可能会想知道，它包括：垂直相机，手表 ；地有助于稳定； ；超声波传感器测量高度可达16英尺（约5米）， ；一个跟踪高度超出压力传感器；三轴陀螺仪，磁力计，和加速度计， ；和一个GPS芯片组； ；图形处理器，和8千兆字节 ；闪存。传感器工作在1千赫喂抖&rsquo；的软件。波普2 &rsquo；的 ；唯一的运动部件是它的推进器。

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如果你从未飞过一架无人机；独奏之前，像我一样，你肯定会想知道，学习曲线是45秒，这是真的，真的很难；伤害了别人，因为它&rsquo；小，轻，并具有内置的安全功能（在我的第一个45秒的控制那些确实发挥了作用）。 ；一旦你找出如何点到你想要拍摄的小工具你马上看看有无人机摄像头可以有很多乐趣。

photo：Tekla perryparrot首席执行官亨利SEYDOUX推出鹦鹉波普2
鹦鹉首席执行官亨利SEYDOUX，推出新的无人机，吹捧它的所有功能，包括航空体育性能，电池寿命和WiFi范围。 ；但是，他说，&ldquo；最重要的特点是相机；[消费者]的无人机用于拍照，你可以在YouTube或Facebook。波普2是围绕一个相机；做稳定的图像都是通过图像处理。它'；一个飞行的图像处理装置。&rdquo；

Seydoux也强调无人机&rsquo；的大小和重量：&ldquo；通过软件所做的一切使它更轻，&rdquo；他说。&ldquo；如果它落下来，打破自己的机会少了。&rdquo；和碰撞中，&ldquo；不&rdquo；不会伤害如果它击中的人。&rdquo；（也可避免造成有一个特点，自动停止所有的螺旋桨如果感动。损伤）

photo：Tekla perryparrot &rsquo；的新波普2
在三或四架无人机 动手试验；通过记者进行无人机的新手&mdash；在室内舞厅，构造柱定时中断的开放空间，有许多撞到窗户和墙壁。没有任何的碰撞禁用任何无人机。我的第一分钟后， ；在这期间我不知&rsquo；不明白我可以通过我的手指从触摸板升降停止无人机飞 ；全速成一簇的鹦鹉的工作人员和记者（工作人员平静地伸手抢走了它之前的影响），我发现很容易和有趣的飞。添加到乐趣是有能力的，无论是在触摸屏上我想要的任何相机视图。肯定是一个用户友好的小玩意儿。

认为它是一只鸽子，Seydoux建议。&ldquo；一只小鸟，&rdquo；他说。&ldquo；有近的非常大的鸟一样的功能。 ；一 ；鸽子可以行驶数百公里，并知道它的准确位置； ；它是旅游鹅一样好。&rdquo；