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On the other hand, a drone could get to you where you are right now. Enable the app on your phone and the drone will show up right outside. No need to give a st
by robotresearcher 11y ago
On the other hand, a drone could get to you where you are right now. Enable the app on your phone and the drone will show up right outside. No need to give a street address at all. Just the city.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoIf you're willing to stand outside in the street for, oh, any time between 8AM and noon? Package delivery is notoriously annoying already. Drones that require in-person acceptance outside your building are not helping. Its a problem that needs solving, before drones can deliver anything.
- robotresearcher 11y agoAutomation of individual package deliveries can remove exactly that problem. Your phone pings you and drone says "We agreed 3pm. That's 5 minutes from now. Still good? (Yes/No). Yes. (4 mins 45 seconds later) drone says: "I'm waiting for you outside. Can you come out to meet me?" Alternatively, invert the waiting process. Amazon agrees to a 24-hour period starting tomorrow during which I can demand a 15-minute delivery by pressing a button. For very high-volume items this period could be indefinite. It remains to be seen if this is economically feasible and if we can tolerate hundreds or thousand of these things buzzing around. But you won't be waiting for the man all day.