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Dubai Tests its First Pilotless Air Taxi 

Meet the volocopter.

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Eighteen rotors whirl their way into a steady buzz as a pilotless helicopter takes off and soars into the afternoon sky. The world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, rises up behind it.

The flight by the German-made electric Volocopter is the latest in Dubai’s apparent attempt to convert itself into a Middle East version of the Blade Runner – flying taxi cabs darting past skyscrapers, ferrying passengers to destinations across the sheikhdom.

Dubai has already invested in another model of a flying, autonomous taxi, and is working to design regulations about its use. Putting more passengers in the air could help free Dubai of its clogged roadways, besides offering a city that prides itself in its superlatives yet another feather in its cap.

(With inputs from AP)

Video Editor: Sandeep Suman

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