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UAVs are a trend that I believe will be far bigger than most people are expecting. Autonomous cars are a difficult problem, autonomous drones are much simpler.
by jlbnjmn 6y ago
UAVs are a trend that I believe will be far bigger than most people are expecting.
Autonomous cars are a difficult problem, autonomous drones are much simpler.
Package delivery, food delivery, air taxis, and a lot of previously cost prohibitive applications as well.
The cost and complexity of a drone is low, and an airbag should mitigate much of the risk.
- mandelbrotwurst 6y agoWhat/who does an airbag in a drone protect?
- mftrhu 6y agoPeople the drone might fall on.
- ta17711771 6y agoAnd...the drone.
- mandelbrotwurst 6y agoAre the drone's airbags deployed on impact like a car's? If that's the case, it's not protecting people it could hit because it's already hit them at that point. Is the idea that it has some kind of collision detection system and deploys them in advance of the collision? Edit: Did a quick search, I see now that one of the ideas is that it auto-deploys in case of malfunction that is likely to lead to a crash.
- jlbnjmn 6y agoThey deploy based on anomalies. Unexpected loss of altitude or attitude, primarily. Or an obstacle rapidly approaching.