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You can't really have an unmanned delivery truck. The truck can't put the package at your door, ring your doorbell, or collect a signature. I suspect the limit

• swalsh 13y ago
  You could take one of those 7/11 cabinets where you scan a bar code to open it, and put it in a truck. Then an automated system calls, and asks where you are (i'm at my office xyz fake street) the car shows up around an agreed upon window, then calls you. You walk out to the truck, pick up your item, and it goes to the next person. I would pay extra for that because I hate it when they leave a note because i'm getting my pants on.
• jerf 13y ago
  For this reason, I think this whole drone thing is silly. By the time this is economically practical, you'll be better off with a self-driving car and a secondary ground delivery robot. Adding the complication of flinging them through the air isn't worth it. (It may actually simplify the programming, which is probably why we're talking about this at all, but regardless of how great the programming is, it's just not going to be as safe to have these flying through the air, loaded with kinetic energy, through low-level airspace, as it will for them to be on the ground, rolling along, safely.)
  • stevesearer 13y ago
    A fleet of drones flying through the air is a silly concept in my city where buildings cannot be more than 3 stories high as to not block the views.
    • icebraining 13y ago
      On the contrary, since they know no buildings are higher than three stories, they could just fly above the rooftops instead, without impeding the view.