Students at the University of California, Berkeley have created a drone for people looking for a way to take selfies from the air.
The new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), called Lily, can fly on its own anywhere between two and 50 feet high and uses a GPS to know where its subject is at all times, according to IBNLive.
All you have to do to get the drone working is throw it into the air, and it will follow and record footage of you while doing different activities. Pressing a button on the remote will bring it back to your hand.
Lily is the first product to be developed by Lily Robotics, which was founded by Berkeley grads Henry Bradlow and Antonie Balaresque and consists of a five-person staff, Wired reported.
Users will be able to shoot 1080p video at 60 frames per second and 720p at 120 fps, as well as 12-megapixel still photos. Lily is waterproof, can fly 25 miles per hour and will last up to 20 minutes on a single charge.
The drone also comes with a 94-degree field of view, and users will be provided a smartphone app for changing the settings, Engadget reported.
Lily's creators hope the self-flying drone will be popular among fans of extreme sports and selfie sticks, IBNLive reported.
Lily Robotics plans on making its new drone available after February 2016. Drone fans can pre-order Lily now for $499.
