Voliro hexacopter drone can fly in any orientation

Multicopter drones - drones with more than two rotors - are finally able to fly in any orientation. Normally, multicopter drones can only fly parallel to the ground, but a new hexacopter drone with six propellers can tilt 360 degrees, allowing it to fly in any orientation. The drone, dubbed Voliro, can fly sideways, upside down, diagonally and in other orientations. The Voliro was developed by a team of 11 students at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) and Zurich University of the Arts (ZHDK), who spent 9 months developing a prototype of the drone. Because the drone can stay stable while flying in any configuration, it's able to fly parallel to walls.