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I hope they're going to open up the delivery technology, either to allow someone to commoditize it, and make it available to consumers (for taco delivery), or o

by sargun 14y ago

I hope they're going to open up the delivery technology, either to allow someone to commoditize it, and make it available to consumers (for taco delivery), or other noble causes, like rescue, etc.. Additionally, I'm somewhat curious as to what their plan is on Oakland.

technotony 14y ago
This is precisely what the plan is, check out matternet.us a sister project
- arialogistics 14y ago
  Matternet was a concept developed by a multidisciplinary team of 18 people at Singularity Univiersity in August 2011. Since October 2011, two groups formed: Matternet, Inc and ARIA . ARIA formed because we want to stay true to the original summer concept of building an OPEN SOURCE NETWORK were the DIY movement can find applications to be developed within it. In the original Fast Company article when I was interviewed, I specified to Ariel that while ARIA is fully open-source, Matternet was proprietary (this is the last we knew when the two groups formed). Because the CEO of Matternet Inc contacted Ariel to have the story changed, it no longer reads "proprietary technology" but "undisclosed". ARIA has been open source from the start.
ajays 14y ago
I can see drone delivery to be quite useful in far-flung communities (Alaska, Australian Outback, Africa, etc.), to deliver critical stuff (medicines, critical components, etc.). Assuming the drone doesn't use a ton of fuel, it could literally be a life-saver. Very excited to learn about this project, and hoping it literally takes off.
- arialogistics 14y ago
  ajays, thanks for your message. At ARIA we have been working hard at this for the past year. You can learn more at: www.aria-logistics.com
- arialogistics 14y ago
  ajays, Here is a video we put together a year ago while at Singularity University when Matternet was a concept and before there were two groups. https://vimeo.com/28247681 https://vimeo.com/28247681
jsiarto 14y ago
I would guess that they are going to use a commercial or open-source autopilot like Ardupilot. The GPS tech on these are pretty good for hobby/recreation but I highly doubt they are writing their own GPS/autopilots for this. Frankly, I just don't think the accuracy/reliability is there yet for these RC helicopters to effectively deliver goods. (Speaking from experience and my own multi-copters) EDIT: For those curious: http://www.dji-innovations.com/ http://www.dji-innovations.com/ https://store.diydrones.com/APM_2_5_Kit_p/br-ardupilotmega-05.htm https://store.diydrones.com/APM_2_5_Kit_p/br-ardupilotmega-0...
arialogistics 14y ago
Y Combinator My name is Arturo Pelayo, I am co-founder of ARIA (Autonomous Roadless Intelligent Array, on the web here: www.Aria-Logistics.com). I want to explain that we have been working with ReAllocate in this project since June (http://aria-logistics.com/reallocate-collaboration/ http://aria-logistics.com/reallocate-collaboration/). ARIA is an open source autonomous logistics infrastructure that leapfrogs traditional road infrastructure and unlocks economic opportunity. While the IndieGoGo video might appear to be disconnected, there is a flow to all of them because we have been building them for over a year both ARIA on its own by using open source UAVs and ReAllocate by trying to solve 'the last mile' problem by building in-country capacity using retrofitted shipping containers. Back in June, both ARIA and ReAllocate saw an alignment as ReAllocate wanted to do a drone project for Burning Man. Between both groups, we drafted an open call through Chris Anderson's DIY Drones Community and ARIA also began the process of creating awareness of this collaboration on the website. ARIA also sought out media coverage through contacts at Wired, Fast Company and other publications. Fast Company published an article about it over a week ago and you can read it here: http://fastcoexist.com/1680223/a-real-internet-of-things-for-the-developing-world-and-burning-man http://fastcoexist.com/1680223/a-real-internet-of-things-for... You will see that the Fast Company article above focuses on ARIA as a company that began last Summer when four of ARIA's cofounders met at Singularity University for the 11-week Graduate Studies Program. During that time worked on 'Matternet': a network of autonomous vehicles that could be used to deliver high-value goods to remote regions of the world with no roads. The Graduate Studies Program focuses on teaching technologies that are changing very quickly, are dropping in cost, are following Moore's Law and that are being integrated into the mainstream (these are called 'exponential technologies'). The comments so far in Y Combinator refer to a lot of "disconnected ideas". 3D printing is expensive at the moment but we believe it will become so cheap in the next decade that it will become obliquitous to the point that farmers in remote areas of the planet could request from their cellphones replacement parts for a broken tractor just by taking a picture of the broken part and an Artificial Intelligence component would analyze the image, determine what is broken and send to a 3D printer in a shipping container a request for it to be printed, billed to the customer and sent to their dynamic GPS location on their cellphone (sound familiar??) -- this is where the analog was realized and we joined efforts to build the project together. Shipping containers are being considered also by ARIA since last year when the concept was first conceived as they are very easily found worldwide and are extremely cheap. There are over 600 million containers being used each year for the global transport of raw materials and products across the planet, ARIA saw shipping containers as the building block of a standardized structure that could be used as a ground station to host vehicles and recharge batteries. Because these containers would be located in areas of no roads, they would have to use renewable energy sources to charge batteries that power the UAVs that fly in a 10Km radius. The network of shipping containers thus becomes also a distributed micro-grid that is smart and that can route packages from one station to another. Think of it as The Pony Express 2.0 . As you can see, there are many ideas being put together and we are working hard at this at ARIA.

by sargun 14y ago

technotony 14y ago

This is precisely what the plan is, check out matternet.us a sister project

arialogistics 14y ago
Matternet was a concept developed by a multidisciplinary team of 18 people at Singularity Univiersity in August 2011. Since October 2011, two groups formed: Matternet, Inc and ARIA . ARIA formed because we want to stay true to the original summer concept of building an OPEN SOURCE NETWORK were the DIY movement can find applications to be developed within it. In the original Fast Company article when I was interviewed, I specified to Ariel that while ARIA is fully open-source, Matternet was proprietary (this is the last we knew when the two groups formed). Because the CEO of Matternet Inc contacted Ariel to have the story changed, it no longer reads "proprietary technology" but "undisclosed". ARIA has been open source from the start.

ajays 14y ago

I can see drone delivery to be quite useful in far-flung communities (Alaska, Australian Outback, Africa, etc.), to deliver critical stuff (medicines, critical components, etc.). Assuming the drone doesn't use a ton of fuel, it could literally be a life-saver. Very excited to learn about this project, and hoping it literally takes off.

arialogistics 14y ago
ajays, thanks for your message. At ARIA we have been working hard at this for the past year. You can learn more at: www.aria-logistics.com
arialogistics 14y ago
ajays, Here is a video we put together a year ago while at Singularity University when Matternet was a concept and before there were two groups. https://vimeo.com/28247681 https://vimeo.com/28247681

jsiarto 14y ago

I would guess that they are going to use a commercial or open-source autopilot like Ardupilot. The GPS tech on these are pretty good for hobby/recreation but I highly doubt they are writing their own GPS/autopilots for this. Frankly, I just don't think the accuracy/reliability is there yet for these RC helicopters to effectively deliver goods. (Speaking from experience and my own multi-copters) EDIT: For those curious: http://www.dji-innovations.com/ http://www.dji-innovations.com/ https://store.diydrones.com/APM_2_5_Kit_p/br-ardupilotmega-05.htm https://store.diydrones.com/APM_2_5_Kit_p/br-ardupilotmega-0...

arialogistics 14y ago

Y Combinator My name is Arturo Pelayo, I am co-founder of ARIA (Autonomous Roadless Intelligent Array, on the web here: www.Aria-Logistics.com). I want to explain that we have been working with ReAllocate in this project since June (http://aria-logistics.com/reallocate-collaboration/ http://aria-logistics.com/reallocate-collaboration/). ARIA is an open source autonomous logistics infrastructure that leapfrogs traditional road infrastructure and unlocks economic opportunity. While the IndieGoGo video might appear to be disconnected, there is a flow to all of them because we have been building them for over a year both ARIA on its own by using open source UAVs and ReAllocate by trying to solve 'the last mile' problem by building in-country capacity using retrofitted shipping containers. Back in June, both ARIA and ReAllocate saw an alignment as ReAllocate wanted to do a drone project for Burning Man. Between both groups, we drafted an open call through Chris Anderson's DIY Drones Community and ARIA also began the process of creating awareness of this collaboration on the website. ARIA also sought out media coverage through contacts at Wired, Fast Company and other publications. Fast Company published an article about it over a week ago and you can read it here: http://fastcoexist.com/1680223/a-real-internet-of-things-for-the-developing-world-and-burning-man http://fastcoexist.com/1680223/a-real-internet-of-things-for... You will see that the Fast Company article above focuses on ARIA as a company that began last Summer when four of ARIA's cofounders met at Singularity University for the 11-week Graduate Studies Program. During that time worked on 'Matternet': a network of autonomous vehicles that could be used to deliver high-value goods to remote regions of the world with no roads. The Graduate Studies Program focuses on teaching technologies that are changing very quickly, are dropping in cost, are following Moore's Law and that are being integrated into the mainstream (these are called 'exponential technologies'). The comments so far in Y Combinator refer to a lot of "disconnected ideas". 3D printing is expensive at the moment but we believe it will become so cheap in the next decade that it will become obliquitous to the point that farmers in remote areas of the planet could request from their cellphones replacement parts for a broken tractor just by taking a picture of the broken part and an Artificial Intelligence component would analyze the image, determine what is broken and send to a 3D printer in a shipping container a request for it to be printed, billed to the customer and sent to their dynamic GPS location on their cellphone (sound familiar??) -- this is where the analog was realized and we joined efforts to build the project together. Shipping containers are being considered also by ARIA since last year when the concept was first conceived as they are very easily found worldwide and are extremely cheap. There are over 600 million containers being used each year for the global transport of raw materials and products across the planet, ARIA saw shipping containers as the building block of a standardized structure that could be used as a ground station to host vehicles and recharge batteries. Because these containers would be located in areas of no roads, they would have to use renewable energy sources to charge batteries that power the UAVs that fly in a 10Km radius. The network of shipping containers thus becomes also a distributed micro-grid that is smart and that can route packages from one station to another. Think of it as The Pony Express 2.0 . As you can see, there are many ideas being put together and we are working hard at this at ARIA.