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I can imagine drone delivery's an effective solution to the last mile problem for automated delivery? Have a self-driving truck navigate through a neighborhood,
by michrassena 9y ago
I can imagine drone delivery's an effective solution to the last mile problem for automated delivery? Have a self-driving truck navigate through a neighborhood, the drone takes off with the package and delivers it to the doorstep and returns to the truck. The truck can continue driving around as drones rejoin it down the road.
Now we have both pieces of the equation: how to get to the house without paying a driver, and how to get to the porch without paying someone to walk and carry.
- QAPereo 9y agoHow many jobs would that “repurpose” in delivery if you add a automated truck? Energy and materials to build and maintain drone fleets, noise, all seem like issues, since this is added on to the existing truck.
- michrassena 9y agoYou make a good point. Would those steps actually lead to cost savings? Driving a truck and delivering packages requires less specialized skills than maintaining the fleet. How do delivery companies handle maintenance on their human-driven trucks? It is contracted out? If the company can run three trucks per staff member vs. one per truck, wouldn't the savings be worth it? Are they going to pay this new staff member 3 times as much as a driver?