HyperOrb Drone

A pocket-sized reconnaissance drone that travels as a sphere and opens into a quadcopter in under two seconds.

HyperOrb is a modular micro-drone concept. Closed, it is a palm-sized sphere that protects its rotors, sensors and electronics in a pack or a pocket. Opened, four arms fold out from the equator and it flies. The lower shell is interchangeable, so the same aircraft can carry a laser rangefinder, an external battery or another mission module. We designed the aircraft, the multi-drone transport case and the handheld ground station, and produced the renders, the live field scene and the flight footage used to present it.

Challenge

Small drones are carried in packs and pockets, where exposed rotors and sensors break before the mission starts.

Approach

A sphere that protects everything when closed and opens into a quadcopter in under two seconds, with an interchangeable lower hemisphere for mission modules.

Outcome

A complete concept package: aircraft, transport case, ground station, operator console, terrain and route-planning screens, renders and flight footage.

Concept study · not a fielded product