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it's hard for me to imagine this ever working in the USA. People will assault the drones both "4 teh lulz" and to steal the contents and or the drone itself. A
by gfxgirl 7y ago
it's hard for me to imagine this ever working in the USA. People will assault the drones both "4 teh lulz" and to steal the contents and or the drone itself. A car/truck/bike usually has a person involved and for whatever reason that's usually somewhat of a deterrent (though obviously not always). But an unmanned machine that is both valuable in and of itself and is almost guaranteed to have stuff inside? I can't imagine them not being stalked in droves.
Yes they can have cameras on them but the snatchers will just drive up in an unmarked van with masks on and dump them in their foil covered interior.
- gorgoiler 7y agoIntroducing them initially as being for caregivers and the vulnerable could cement the idea that they are not be messed with. Now is a good time for that kind of social engineering: put an NHS logo on them, for example, and have the robots initially doing food delivery for shielded households. In the long run: 1 in N robots could contain a dye pack, as a deterrent to robot capture and theft of contents.
- ape4 7y agoI guess pepper spray wouldn't be allowed
- globular-toast 7y agoWe have those kinds of people in the UK too, unfortunately.
- riku_iki 7y agothere are plenty of stealable electric scooters on the streets already.
- dannyw 7y agoThese robots are GPS tracked, not to mention lockable and remotely deactivable. All you looted was some plastic, useless cameras, circuit boards, and mini wheels as well as a GPS tracker. Break it open and you'll find $25 worth of food inside. How is the risk/reward worth it?
- brandall10 7y agoCould there not be a tie-in with law enforcement as a deterrent? Unlike electric scooters, a delivery drone has a known route it is following (and no one is picking it up to be recharged), the moment it is disturbed/picked up a nearby police officer can be notified. Also perhaps it could use pepper spray or be equipped with a paint charge to mark the attackers, could possess a sonic weapon... or maybe it can have a self-defeat routine that essentially destroys its contents/electronics to make it useless. As with most deterrents, the most sophisticated attackers will be able to get around them. It's just that inflection point where it becomes a problem economically, that probably can be overcome.