PackDrone and FlyJacket were demonstrated at HUBWeek 2018, Boston

PACKDRONE
The PackDrone, a safe personal drone for last-centimeter delivery. The drone consists of a quadcopter integrated into a foldable protective cage. This cage provides an all-round protective structure that physically separates the propellers from the environment, ensuring the safety of people. The PackDrone can be easily folded with a single movement, significantly reducing its size for ease of storage and transportation. The storage volume is reduced by 92% when folded and the drone can carry parcels up to 500 g. The drone was developed in the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems of EPFL and will be commercialized by a new EPFL's start-up Dronistics (www.dronistics.ch).

FLYJACKET
Most human–drone interfaces, such as joysticks and remote controllers, require attention and developed skills during teleoperation. Wearable interfaces could enable a more natural and intuitive control of drones, which would make this technology accessible to a larger population of users. NCCR Robotics developed a soft exoskeleton, so called FlyJacket, designed for naïve users that want to control a drone with upper body gestures in an intuitive manner. The exoskeleton includes a motion-tracking device to monitor body movements, an arm support system to prevent fatigue, and is coupled to goggles for first-person-view from the drone perspective. Tests were performed with participants flying a simulated fixed-wing drone moving at a constant speed; participants’ performance was more consistent when using the FlyJacket with the arm support than when performing the same task with a remote controller. Furthermore, participants felt more immersed, had more sensation of flying, and reported less fatigue when the arm support was enabled. The FlyJacket has been demonstrated for the teleoperation of a real drone.