Personal Devices · Projected milestone

Hovering umbrella drone

Estimated year~2045

4% by 2050 · including earlier years

The year is an editorial timing estimate. The percentage applies to occurrence by the stated deadline. These estimates are not calibrated odds.

A quiet drone hovers over your head as you walk, keeping off rain or harsh sun, then folds away into your bag when the sky clears.

What the forecast means

Milestone stage: commercial availability

Completion criteria: Legacy milestone: refine the observable threshold before resolving.

This page describes a forecast, rather than an achieved result. Read the methodology and assumptions.

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.