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The Indonesian venture capital firm UMG Idealab recently demonstrated a high-tech product they invested in: a prototype of a flying electric taxi. This “flying car” is literally called “frog” (Frogs) , and its research and development team is also called FROGS. The Yogyakarta-based startup claims to be the first company in Indonesia to produce a manned flying car.

“The only remaining work is to fine-tune the cabin interiors, such as seats. After these tasks are completed, this device will fly to Germany to participate in the Hanover Industry Fair on April 20-24.” Jefry said.

Jefry revealed that the overall structure of the “frog” is made of strong but lightweight carbon fiber with a high safety factor. In addition, this prototype has other features, such as a fail-safe mechanism: When one of the engines fails in midair, the engine in the engine can take over the other engine, so that the flying car will not fall.

It is reported that every part of the prototype has been tested and reached the safety requirements. At the same time, the “flying car” multiple test flights have also been carried out smoothly, the internal system runs smoothly, safe and stable.

The “frog” was developed two years ago, with a total investment of 1 billion rupiah. (About $ 73,000) . The founding team FROGS started as a technology product studio. Later, they were regarded by UMB Idealab, joined the venture capital company’s ecosystem, and became a startup. However, according to the official website, this company has less than ten people and its founder is Rakhman Ardiansyah.

According to the team’s official website, “Frog” was originally designed to help customers get rid of traffic congestion and deliver goods efficiently. But according to UMB Idealab,After entering commercial operations, the frog can also help people to transport all kinds of materials, including military equipment, from remote areas to all parts of the country. Not only that, this flying taxi can also assist the relevant agencies in emergency evacuation during the disaster.

“We hope that this device will be put into commercial operation as soon as possible-of course, it depends on the attitude of the regulators. As far as I know, Indonesia has not yet issued any regulations and policies regulating flying electric taxis.” Means.

With the efforts of the Ministry of Industry, Indonesia has become one of the official partners of the Hannover Messe. In addition to the “frog”, a number of venture capital and incubation institutions such as UMG Idealab will also showcase their investment results in the field of technology applications over the past five years.

“As a national-level partner of this conference, Indonesia’s main goal is to hope for in-depth cooperation with other countries in investment, science and technology, human resources, etc.” Head of Regional Development and International Industry Access, Ministry of Industry Doddy Rahadi said in a written statement.

According to Doddy, this year’s fair will attract tens of thousands of visitors from dozens of countries. In 2019, the event attracted approximately 65,000 visitors from 73 countries, during which nearly 5.6 million commercial orders were signed.

In addition to the “frog”, another Indonesian startup product exhibited is Widya, which will showcase Indonesia’s new technological achievements in big data, smart speakers, robots, face recognition and artificial intelligence. In addition, a natural language processing technology (NLP) called Botika will also be unveiled at the exhibition.