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I think this highlights an important idea. The driverless vehicle and drone tech aren't mutually exclusive. You could potentially have a driverless box van that
by Zombieball 10y ago
I think this highlights an important idea. The driverless vehicle and drone tech aren't mutually exclusive. You could potentially have a driverless box van that parks on a street corner and has drones pick packages off it and take them to your door.
- arrosenberg 10y agoWithout doing any of the math, this actually seems like the right solution. An automated truck that can drive around while a swarm of drones are continuously dropping off packages - basically an aircraft carrier.
- Klathmon 10y agoI deal with writing software for some shipping and logistics as part of my job. This is already how a lot of this stuff works. A manufacturer ships stuff to a DC, which ships stuff to a 3rd party pool provider, which ships stuff to a store, which then ships stuff to the customer (via "regular" mail). Each step can be thought of as trading throughput for latency. Some manufacturers only ship things to the DC like once every few months (sometimes thousands of containers at a time), the DC to pools once a week (generally in tractor trailers), the pools to stores once a day (in either trailers, or delivery trucks), and the stores to customers multiple times a day (regular mail) Adding another step on the end of that seems like the most likely "end goal" to me. Get around the problem of the inefficient "last mile" of delivery by making the delivery truck a drone platform.