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I was a bit distraught to see human hands touching my requested item at one point in the video. Surely that can be eliminated.

• decktech 13y ago
  I have to go outside to retrieve the package? Deal-breaker.
  • baddox 13y ago
    In all seriousness, there's no reason that homes or apartment complexes couldn't have fairly standardized drone landing pads. Clever people could probably rig up some sort of simple elevator to bring the shipments inside. Incidentally, the landing pads could also be marked in a standard way to assist in computer vision controlled automated landing.
    • kybernetikos 13y ago
      And if you provide a charging point and allow the drone to charge, then delivery is free.
• george88b 13y ago
  Maybe this is what they need: http://www.rethinkrobotics.com/products/baxter/ http://www.rethinkrobotics.com/products/baxter/
  • xylia 13y ago
    Hmm...I think Baxter will surrepent (http://prevaricate.me/?p=666 http://prevaricate.me/?p=666) into my room though...
    • jmadsen 13y ago
      Pneumatic tubes, with a drop pad on the roof
• baddox 13y ago
  Humorously, fetching a small package with a well-defined size and shelf location and putting it into a standardized box on a conveyor belt is by far the easiest step of this process to automate.
• eli 13y ago
  Amazon has warehouse robots already. I think it's just often cheaper to pay people. http://www.bloomberg.com/video/amazon-s-robotic-workforce-no-coffee-breaks-needed-acabPmV3SyuZVp9bzlwhXQ.html http://www.bloomberg.com/video/amazon-s-robotic-workforce-no...