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Uber, Lyft and other delivery companies require a human to be making the delivery. That's the whole point about why this has potential to be more economically s

• mirzap 3y ago
  So you think drones that require recharge (battery replacement) every 40-60 minutes and carry 1.8 to 2kg of cargo will replace a human? I don't think so. I believe in autonomous drone delivery, which will probably be a reality one day. But the prerequisite for that is enormous advancement in battery technology. Nothing else matters if you can't fly a day or two without recharging.
  • MattRix 3y ago
    Why does that matter once there are enough charging stations and you have enough drones? Once you have enough battery life to do any single delivery and return to a charger, that’s all you need, everything else is just a bonus.
  • Spivak 3y ago
    > every 40-60 minutes and carry 1.8 to 2kg of cargo will replace a human Yes, and I've seen it work for the already existing road drones. You still need a human to be there swapping batteries but that one human can do the delivery work of probably 50 people based on how fast each swap was. When I toured they weren't at the scale where they were continuously replacing batteries so it was only about 10x at the time. The economics that will make or break it is the lifetime cost of the drone, but it absolutely can replace humans.