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This is a list of quadcopters, including vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) airplanes that use quadrotor systems for vertical lift.

Unmanned

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Quadcopter Manufacturer Image Origin Type/role Year Notes
Bitcraze Crazyflie 2.0 Bitcraze Open-source development platform 2014 [1]
Antigravity A1 Antigravity China Camera drone 2025 [2]
Asisguard Songar Asisguard Turkey Unmanned combat aerial vehicle 2019 [3]
Autel Evo Autel Robotics China Camera drone 2021 [4]
Bayraktar KALKAN Baykar Turkey Surveillance and reconnaissance drone 2022 [5]
Baykar Cezeri Baykar Turkey Experimental aircraft 2020 [6]
DJI Agras DJI China Agricultural drone 2020 Previously released in 2015 as an octocopter. Hexacopter variants also exist.[7]
DJI Air DJI China Camera drone 2018 [8]
DJI Avata DJI China FPV drone 2022 [9]
DJI Flip DJI China Camera drone 2025 [10]
DJI Inspire DJI China Camera drone 2014 [11]
DJI Lito DJI China Camera drone 2026 [12]
DJI Matrice DJI China Camera drone 2015 Hexacopter variants also exist.[13]
DJI Mavic DJI China Camera drone 2016 [14]
DJI Mini DJI China Camera drone 2019 [15]
DJI Neo DJI China Camera drone 2024 [16]
DJI Phantom DJI China Camera drone 2013 [17]
DJI Spark DJI China Camera drone 2017 [18]
DRDO Bharat DRDO India Surveillance drone [19]
First Contact Osa First Contact Ukraine Suicide drone [20]
GoPro Karma GoPro United States Camera drone 2016 [21]
Hubsan X4 Hubsan China Radio-controlled aircraft 2012
Intel Shooting Star Intel United States Light show drone 2016 [22]
Nixie Labs Nixie Nixie Labs Wearable camera drone [23]
Parrot Anafi Parrot France Camera drone 2018 [24]
Parrot AR.Drone Parrot France Camera drone 2010 [25]
Parrot Bebop Parrot France Camera drone 2014 [26]
Ryze Tello Ryze Tech / DJI China Camera/educational drone 2018 [27]
Skydio R1 Skydio United States Camera drone 2019 [28]
Skydio 2 Skydio United States Camera drone 2019 [29]
Skydio X2 Skydio United States Camera drone 2020 [30]
Skydio X10 Skydio United States Camera drone 2023 [31]
Skydio R10 Skydio United States Camera drone 2025 [32]
STM Kargu STM Turkey Loitering munition 2017 [33]
Torquing Zano Torquing Group United Kingdom Camera drone Not built[34]

Manned

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Quadcopter Manufacturer Image Origin Type/role Year Notes
Aerotechnik WGM.21 Aerotechnik Czechoslovakia 1969
AeroVelo Atlas AeroVelo Canada Human-powered helicopter 2012 [35]
Beta Technologies Alia Beta Technologies United States Utility aircraft 2020 eVTOL airplane.[36] Also built in traditional airplane configuration.[37]
Bell Boeing Quad TiltRotor Bell / Boeing United States Cargo aircraft Tiltrotor; design study[38]
Breguet-Richet Gyroplane Breguet Aviation France Experimental aircraft 1907 [39]
Curtiss-Wright VZ-7 Curtiss-Wright United States Utility aircraft 1950s [40]
Curtiss-Wright X-19 Curtiss-Wright United States Experimental aircraft 1963 Tiltrotor[41]
de Bothezat helicopter George de Bothezat United States Experimental aircraft 1922 [42]
Malloy Hoverbike Chris Malloy New Zealand Hoverbike 2006 [43]
Piasecki PA-97 Helistat Piasecki Aircraft United States Heavy-lift aircraft 1986 [44]
SkyHook JHL-40 SkyHook International / Boeing Canada / United States Heavy-lift aircraft 2008 Proposal[45]
University of Maryland Gamera I University of Maryland, College Park United States Human-powered helicopter 2011 [46]
University of Maryland Gamera II University of Maryland, College Park United States Human-powered helicopter 2012 [47]
University of Maryland Solar Gamera University of Maryland, College Park United States Solar-powered aircraft 2016 [48]

See also

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References

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Bibliography

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