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It’s 2022: Where are the drone deliveries we were promised?
- atlasunshrugged 5y agoThey are in Texas! Wing- https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/04/alphabets-wing-is-bringing-drone-delivery-to-texas-this-week/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/04/alphabets-wing-is-bringing... Flytrex which they mention but don't talk about their Texas launch - https://www.axios.com/look-up-your-burrito-is-arriving-by-drone-52466d92-13e8-45f9-a699-65ce09bc4baf.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter https://www.axios.com/look-up-your-burrito-is-arriving-by-dr... Fedex- https://www.pcmag.com/news/fedex-announces-drone-delivery-demo-near-dallas https://www.pcmag.com/news/fedex-announces-drone-delivery-de...
- hakfoo 5y agoI never quite understood the math behind drone deliveries. In most urban/suburban areas, wouldn't any given amount of battery capacity get you much more operational ability (weight carrying and runtime) for a wheeled ground vehicle, than a drone having to fight gravity? The helicopter drone might be sexy, but I'd expect the right answer looks a lot more like a big Igloo cooler with some casters or treads underneath. The counterargument would be if there's so much overhead in routing that an "as the crow flies" aerial path overwhelmingly beats a more circuitous ground route, or delays waiting to clear traffic. I'd love to see if there's some data making the case either way.