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Serious thought: Nice. Though what safety precaution will be in place? How many can be fly at the same time? How exactly do we pick up this drone? What stops non-owner from picking up the delivery? What stops from someone detouring the drone to a different location? How does it know where to drop? How to drop? Some environment reader must be implemented in this robot.
I think it's fair to say that between self driving cars and self guided quadracopters, it is entirely possible to have a fully or nearly autonomous end-to-end logistics system in the next 10-15 years. A lot of the problems with longer distance quadracopters could be overcome with a self driving delivery van, similar to an aircraft carrier with fighter jets.
"How does the package get from the self driving car to your porch?"
Earlier quoted context omitted.
"How does the package get from the self driving car to your porch?"
Like the aircraft carrier and aircraft, you could have a delivery vehicle that acted as a quadracopter platform to take the item from van to house over shorter distances.
The truck never stops, optimizing its route for all the drones it has in the air.
Writing that code would be a pretty cool job.
I think it's fair to say that between self driving cars and self guided quadracopters, it is entirely possible to have a fully or nearly autonomous end-to-end logistics system in the next 10-15 years. A lot of the problems with longer distance quadracopters could be overcome with a self driving delivery van, similar to an aircraft carrier with fighter jets.
"How does the package get from the self driving car to your porch?"
I think it's fair to say that between self driving cars and self guided quadracopters, it is entirely possible to have a fully or nearly autonomous end-to-end logistics system in the next 10-15 years. A lot of the problems with longer distance quadracopters could be overcome with a self driving delivery van, similar to an aircraft carrier with fighter jets.
"How does the package get from the self driving car to your porch?"
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Like the aircraft carrier and aircraft, you could have a delivery vehicle that acted as a quadracopter platform to take the item from van to house over shorter distances.
I'm imagining the code to plan the route of the autonomous truck as it accounts for travel time/range in and out for each delivery. The truck never stops, optimizing its route for all the drones it has in the air. Writing that code would be a pretty cool job.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Like the aircraft carrier and aircraft, you could have a delivery vehicle that acted as a quadracopter platform to take the item from van to house over shorter distances.
I'm imagining the code to plan the route of the autonomous truck as it accounts for travel time/range in and out for each delivery. The truck never stops, optimizing its route for all the drones it has in the air. Writing that code would be a pretty cool job.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Like the aircraft carrier and aircraft, you could have a delivery vehicle that acted as a quadracopter platform to take the item from van to house over shorter distances.
I'm imagining the code to plan the route of the autonomous truck as it accounts for travel time/range in and out for each delivery. The truck never stops, optimizing its route for all the drones it has in the air. Writing that code would be a pretty cool job.