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Two Amazon delivery drones crash into crane in commercial area of Tolleson, AZ

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Re: Two Amazon delivery drones crash into crane in commercial area of Tolleson, AZ

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Terrifying. Imagine being a roofer or other worker when a delivery drone knocks your ass off the n-th floor surface that you're working on. It wouldn't take much to get somebody killed in such a precarious situation.

Any modern roofer or other worker that could fall far is wearing a safety harness (with some exceptions for flat roofs that have railing set up).

Re: Two Amazon delivery drones crash into crane in commercial area of Tolleson, AZ

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Little after 10am, pure speculation but wonder if the angle of the sun overwhelmed the dynamic range of the image sensor over a particularly inopportune area of the frame. Guessing no LiDAR on drones like this.

Fine speculation. But they should be smart enough not to fly into their own blind spots e.g. the sun. They would tack back and forth I bet. They have a lot of tricks like this. I bet it has to be a confluence of factors. I hope Amazon reports openly what went wrong. FAA should demand it. Will be a very interesting report if we ever get to read it.

They should learn to shield their sensors with their hand and squint. Humans perfected this millions of years ago :)

Re: Two Amazon delivery drones crash into crane in commercial area of Tolleson, AZ

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Little after 10am, pure speculation but wonder if the angle of the sun overwhelmed the dynamic range of the image sensor over a particularly inopportune area of the frame. Guessing no LiDAR on drones like this.

Fine speculation. But they should be smart enough not to fly into their own blind spots e.g. the sun. They would tack back and forth I bet. They have a lot of tricks like this. I bet it has to be a confluence of factors. I hope Amazon reports openly what went wrong. FAA should demand it. Will be a very interesting report if we ever get to read it.

Given the severity of this it’s likely the NTSB will get involved, and Amazon’s ability to operate would likely be suspended pending a review of their operation.

Re: Two Amazon delivery drones crash into crane in commercial area of Tolleson, AZ

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You're already gonna get screwed by your local government, your homeowners insurer, and all manner of other things on the basis of drone photography. That cat is already out of the bag. At least for the package delivery use case everyday people stand to benefit at least a bit.

Re: Two Amazon delivery drones crash into crane in commercial area of Tolleson, AZ

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> It's unclear if anyone was injured during the incident.

'It's unclear if' is a phrase that paints a brilliant picture of an organ's journalistic standing.

It means there's no information either way, what follows is pure speculation, probably false, but the author can put whatever idea they want in our heads, since they've prefaced that it 'may or may not be the case'.

It's unclear if the drones had malicious intent. It's unclear if the author was sober while writing and free of criminal record.

Re: Two Amazon delivery drones crash into crane in commercial area of Tolleson, AZ

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Terrifying. Imagine being a roofer or other worker when a delivery drone knocks your ass off the n-th floor surface that you're working on. It wouldn't take much to get somebody killed in such a precarious situation.

And the not much here is an 80 pounds drone (Mk30).

Re: Two Amazon delivery drones crash into crane in commercial area of Tolleson, AZ

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

don't worry you'll get it back when it's restocked (returned items) my buddy bought these electric tooth brushes recently and the tips were missing inside ha, someone took them out and returned em

they resold returned tooth brushes? eww.

Re-using the motor half of an electric toothbrush after a return doesn't seem egregious, but the fact that they didn't notice the tips were missing means they didn't even open them up to check their cosmetic condition, let alone clean them at all. I think that's the part that makes it bad, rather than reselling them itself.

Re: Two Amazon delivery drones crash into crane in commercial area of Tolleson, AZ

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By the way, I see very little discussion on the drones used in the UA-RU war, which should be quite interesting from a hacker's perspective. Technology is going very fast there. Seriously, why is this downvoted?

Probably because this thread is only remotely related to that? There's been countless discussions on the topic, doesn't mean every thread has to be about that.
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