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Technology
Paul Antill

I can’t fly drones in NYC, so I let this camera robot follow me around instead and came away impressed

Beni on pavement.

As a content creator, I've spent years testing and using the best drones to get unique shots of myself that a camera on a tripod can't match. But now that I live in NYC, where flying a drone is mostly illegal, I've sadly had to keep my camera escapades mostly grounded. But what if I could still capture dynamic tracking clips without ever taking off?

That's the question I had with Beni, a cute two wheeled camera robot from Mondo Robotics. I've put this little guy through hell challenging it to follow me as I offroaded my E-bike, explored abandoned structures and crashed it more times than I care to admit.

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