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Autonomous helicopter (AH) - likely, in time. Law enforcement & traffic reporting with AH, a natural early application. AH taxi services, sure eventually. A
by dmckeon 8y ago
Autonomous helicopter (AH) - likely, in time.
Law enforcement & traffic reporting with AH,
a natural early application.
AH taxi services, sure eventually.
AH for LEO or EMS response to accident scenes
or other helo-accessible locations, sure.
But AH to transport emergent patients to
definitive care sounds like a marketing,
regulatory, and training nightmare. Fifty sets
of state laws, thousands of hospital/EMS medical
directors to work with, and tens of thousands
of local EMS workers to train seems like a long
hill to climb. Granted, we have had decades
of helicopter usage in EMS, so a path is known.
My guesses are that the “air ambulance” image is
being used to attract eyeballs and investors,
that early use cases will be for law enforcement,
with a pivot to expensive taxi/commuting usage.