Was ~£139 (Kickstarter, 2014)Super-early-bird Kickstarter pledge; raised £2,335,119 from 12,075 backers (Nov 2014 – Jan 2015)
Discontinued · unavailableNot programmableKickstarter failureNano droneSelfie followCollapsed 2015
UnavailableShipping: Unavailable. The company collapsed in 2015; working units are collector curiosities.
Remote control: Not possible. Phone app only, and few units shipped.
Overview
Europe's largest Kickstarter at the time, promising a palm-sized autonomous selfie drone. Torquing shipped about 600 of 15,000 orders (reportedly only 4 to Kickstarter backers) before collapsing in November 2015. Kickstarter commissioned a long investigative report on what went wrong, making Zano the textbook crowdfunding cautionary tale.
Specifications
| Category | Drones · Indoor drones |
|---|---|
| Released | 2014 |
| Availability | Discontinued · unavailable |
| Programmability | No programmability |
| Best for | Ages 14+ (estimated) |
| Vision sensors | Camera, Sonar / ultrasonic |
| Actuators | DC / gear motors |
| Audio | No audio |
| Compute type | Proprietary / undisclosed |
| Remote control | Not programmable |
| Size | Palm-sized, ~55 g (announced) |
| Drive | Nano quadcopter |
| Compute | Not published |
| Vision | 5 MP camera, 720p (announced) |
| Lidar | None |
| Sensors | IR obstacle sensors, sonar (announced) |
| Runtime | ~10–15 min (announced) |
| Speed | Not published |
| SDK | None |
Ratings & reviews
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