Comment by OrwellianChild | Hacker News Reader

Comment by OrwellianChild | Hacker News Reader

Adding SPRITE to the list of upcoming autonomous camera drones I made for the Lily announcement...

Prices/status for reference:

           Status       Release    Price
           -----------  ---------  ------------
  AirDog*  Pre-Order    Q3 2015    $1,295
  HEXO+*   Pre-Order    Sept 2015  $1,299
  IRIS+*   Available    Now        $750
  Mind4*   Kickstarter  Failed     $900-$1,489
  Solo*    Pre-Order    May 2015   $1,399
  Ares HD  Kickstarter  Feb 2016   $999
  Lily     Pre-Order    Feb 2016   $519-$1,019
  SPRITE   Kickstarter  Dec 2015   $799

  *Note that all but Ares HD, Lily, & SPRITE require a $300 GoPro camera.

Price ranges are for Pre-Order vs. Post-Ship pricing.

EDIT: Added Ares HD & Solo.

Add a few things like top speed, range, flight time, tracking method, and you've got yourself a nice popular webpage/blog post.

Too many pre-production products now... I'm eagerly awaiting the day when Wirecutter just has a "Best Autonomous Selfie Drone" category though... :)

This is a great list -- thanks for posting it. FYI it looks like the IRIS+ is now $599, and the IRIS Solo is $999 and is scheduled to ship next month: https://store.3drobotics.com/products/iris

For general use, is there a compelling reason to wait until this fall or next year instead of buying the current IRIS now or the new one next month? The SPRITE looks nicely ruggedized and compact, but that's not a big a concern for me.

(I have no affiliation with any of the autonomous camera drone makers. But unless there's a compelling reason I prefer to avoid the risk of having a promised project fail to ship.)

Aresdrones.com - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aresdrones/ares-finally...

Correction: SPRITE comes with an HD camera and gimbal AND is compatible with GoPro models!

You could add nixie (flynixie.com) to that list.

You need to add the 3DR Solo to the list at $999.

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