Phoenix-based Revolute Robotics has developed a robot that combines drone and rover capabilities, allowing it to conduct inspections in confined spaces.

Revolute, which was founded in 2021, describes its hybrid mobility robot — or HMR — as an object “that looks as though it escaped from an episode of 'The Jetsons.'” The HMR is a drone mounted inside a spherical exoskeleton. It contains a mechanism that enables the drone to roll on the ground when it's not flying to collect data.

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