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Saved 2026-05-15 · Posted 2026-04-08 · Status: New
A Canadian engineer named John Tse has built a fully autonomous flying umbrella that hovers overhead and follows its user without any hand control. The device uses drone technology, a time of flight depth camera, and a compact onboard computer to track a person’s head and stay centered above them in rain or sun.
Tse, who documents his builds on his YouTube channel I Build Stuff, first released a manually controlled version around 2024 before upgrading it to a self tracking model. The viral clip circulating on social media has been mislabeled with a caption claiming the inventor is a woman, which is inaccurate.
The mislabeling is a common pattern in viral tech content, where re uploaded clips often get new captions that are inaccurate or designed for clicks. The actual invention still represents a meaningful step in personal autonomy tech, combining off the shelf drone hardware with computer vision in a way that solves a genuinely everyday problem.
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The noise is more enerving than the rain
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That's awesome, but I think the noise would bother me more than the rain.
Wait till they hear about umbrella hats
Wind 😂😂
Wheelchair users Need this!
And that is cheaper and more efficient than a raincoat? 🤔
This is not ai
It's not impossible, but a $10k drone umbrella may not be worth it unless you have that kind of money. The fans just have to be able to modulate thrust incredibly well, and the umbrella wouldn't look typical like in this clip
No1 in a farm will buy this
Do you have to walk like a robot for it to work properly too?
@_kanikamehta_ Your flying umbrella concept just got real 🤫
Very helpful idea
Tarlada böyle yağmur yağdığı nerede görünmüs tarlada bir fırntına kopar elindeki şemşiye parçlanır o fırtına bu dronu bir alır bir götürür birdha bulamazsın ve yağmur yukardan değil karşıdan yağar.