, demonstrated its Project C.U.P.I.D. – Chaotic Unmanned Personal Intercept Drone – at SXSW this weekend. It is a six-rotor remotely-controlled aircraft that carries an 80,000 volt stun gun with which it can bring down a crime suspect.
The underlying hardware is an off-the-shelf Hexacopter by Tarot, but Chaotic Moon then fits a stun gun from Phazzer to the front, rigging it up to be triggered at a distance. A red laser sight allows the gun to be aimed, visible through the on-drone camera system that streams live footage back to the pilot.
The Austin-based design studio created the flying machine as a tech demo, but CUPID could be quickly brought to production whenever a personal security or law enforcement client sees fit. This prototype unit is based on a Tarot Hexacopter, originally designed to carry a digital SLR for video and aerial photo shoots.
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