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Because digging tunnels is an absurd amount of work?

• baq 3y ago
  We still do it for cables, water and sewage?
  • ccozan 3y ago
    That is a very interesting idea: to build small tunnels / raise along the side walk/streets for small robots/drones. It even does not need to be a tunnel: a covered trench, 50cmx50cm , would do the trick.
    • pbhjpbhj 3y ago
      We have tunnels (in cities in the UK), they're called storm drains. Using such tunnels for deliveries when it's raining would be right out. However when cycle lanes are put in, alongside them we could have delivery-bot lanes, maybe? Although if you have to install infrastructure then it might be as well to go full Futurama and have giant vacuum-delivery tubes.
      • quickthrower2 3y ago
        What about using the road as the bot delivery lane, using an electric van as the bot? The MVP could be a diesel van with a human driver :-)
        • ccozan 3y ago
          The main idea is to have no human along the line :).
          • Gasp0de 3y ago
            No actually, that is not the main idea behind Zipline. The idea is to make delivery more efficient.
  • quickthrower2 3y ago
    All of which use max 10cm diameter pipes at the source. You need to 10x that (100x area) to delivery stuff.