SkyCall: The drone that’s your personal tour guide

Sheena McKenzie, for CNN
Updated 8:47 AM EST, Wed November 20, 2013
Meet SkyCall, a flying robot that guides you to your destination. Find out how it works...
Lost? SkyCall to the rescue —
Meet SkyCall, a flying robot that guides you to your destination. Find out how it works...
Courtesy MIT Senseable City Lab
After downloading the SkyCall app to your smartphone, contact the drone, which has been designed by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Step 1: Call —
After downloading the SkyCall app to your smartphone, contact the drone, which has been designed by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Courtesy MIT Senseable City Lab
The flying robot uses your phone's GPS location to find you. It also features it's own in-built GPS to find destinations.
Step 2: GPS navigation —
The flying robot uses your phone's GPS location to find you. It also features it's own in-built GPS to find destinations.
Courtesy MIT Senseable City Lab
Type in your room number, and SkyCall will guide you there, pointing out landmarks along the way via a small speaker. Featuring four propellers, the quadrocopter flies at 6 kilometers per hour and will wait for you, should you fall behind.
Step 3: Walk and talk —
Type in your room number, and SkyCall will guide you there, pointing out landmarks along the way via a small speaker. Featuring four propellers, the quadrocopter flies at 6 kilometers per hour and will wait for you, should you fall behind.
cOURTESY MIT Senseable City Lab