Parrot SA is a French wireless products manufacturer company based in Paris, France. It was founded in 1994 by Christine/M De Tourvel, Jean-Pierre Talvard and Henri Seydoux. Stock symbol on Paris stock exchange: PARRO and company is currently a member of the CAC Small 90.
The company
The firm specializes in technologies involving voice recognition and signal processing for embedded products and remotely controlled flying machines. It also develops products related to car telephony: Parrot chipsets, copyrighted noise reduction and echo cancelling algorithms, Bluetooth software stack, end-user applications. The products are sold to consumers through retailers, and are also incorporated into vehicles with the factory-installed audio system. Parrot's Bluetooth hands free technology can also be found in first mount. Parrot is listed on the Eurolist by Euronext Paris stock market since 2006 under the symbol PARRO, Code ISIN FR0004038263. In 1995 Parrot introduced Voicemate, a personal digital assistant with voice recognition. It was used by many visually impaired people, including Stevie Wonder. In 2000 Parrot launched the first Bluetooth hands-free car kit in partnership with Ericsson. In 2006, still developing the use of Bluetooth, the company also produced home products like digital photo frames and Hi-Fi wireless speakers. In 2008, Parrot launched a Design By collection, featuring designers like Andrée Putman, Martin Szekely, Philippe Starck... In January 2010, Parrot introduced at CES Las Vegas the Parrot AR.Drone flying hardware piloted over Wi-Fi with a smartphone and Open API game development platform, ARdrone.org. In 2012 Parrot bought 57% of Swiss drone company SenseFly as well as 25% of the Swiss photogrammetry company Pix4D. Both companies are spin-offs from EPFL. In 2014 Parrot introduced the Mini-Drones "Rolling Spider" and "Jumping Sumo" at CES Las Vegas. Parrot increased its ownership in Pix4D to 57%. In May 2014 at the annual AUVSI conference in Orlando, Parrot announced the AR Drone 3.0, code-named Bebop, permitting YouTube personality Kyle Tarpley from the YouTube channel "AR Drone Show w/ Kyle Tarpley" to live-stream video the day before the conference opened. Parrot also revealed the option for a Skycontroller, when purchasing the Bebop. The Skycontroller allows the Bebop Drone to fly up to 2 kilometers. The Parrot Bebop Drone is scheduled for a December 2014 release and it comes in blue, red, and yellow. In 2014 Mr Shahzad Ahmed bought shares In AR.Further, it will expanded as Product in Pakistan. At the January 2015 CES Las Vegas, Parrot unveiled the Parrot POT, a self-watering system for plants and Parrot Zik Sport. In 2015, Parrot SA created two subsidiaries: Parrot Drones and Parrot Automotive. In San Francisco in November 2015, Parrot introduced the Bebop 2 drone. Parrot purchased shares in 2015 in startups specialized in the drones industry: Airinov, EOS Innovation, Micasense and Iconem. In 2016, Parrot SA released the Disco FPV, the world's first smart flying fixed-winged drone. On July 1, 2018, Parrot released the Parrot Anafi folding drone with 4K HDR and 21 Megapixel camera. In May 2019, Parrot has been selected by U.S. Military to win the contract for making reconnaissance drone and received $11 Million from Department of Defense.
Other Parrot products
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Parrot Zik : wireless and tactile headphones, dubbed "the world's most advanced headphones"
