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By the time SDC are here drones should be prevalent, which will take care of the last mile.
by dylanjermiah 11y ago
By the time SDC are here drones should be prevalent, which will take care of the last mile.
- analognoise 11y agoSure, as soon as they solve the battery problem.
- andyidsinga 11y agoin this use case- truck to door, alternatives like compressed air might work ..especially if they can recharge in the truck
- jon-wood 11y agoI'm trying to think what you'd use compressed air for here, and the only thing I'm coming up with is some sort of parcel cannon, which while awesome does seem to have a few issues. What am I missing?
- kalleboo 11y agoTo power drones, presumably. You have the example of Tata's compressed-air car prototype http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/cars-running-on-air-still-on-tata-motors-radar-115013000151_1.html http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/cars-runn... Although I suspect a compressed air tank with enough capacity would be way too heavy for a drone to carry.
- andyidsinga 11y agoyes - that's the type of thing I'm talking about. I've heard of taxi's running on compressed air motors in dense urban environments ..maybe NYC?. The power to weight ratio is the key issue. Also -- noise could be an issue too -- want to have quiet deliveries.
- andyidsinga 11y agocompressed air motor (edit>) and tank instead of electric motor and batteries.
- andyidsinga 11y agoalthough the parcel cannon is a fantastic idea! ..not to different from how my paper is thrown at my house at 4am today :) I'm thinking parcel cannon + small airbag bumpers and maybe a little parachute to slow decent at exactly the right time :)
- aswanson 11y agoIt doesn't take a lot of battery power to fly a mile.
- jacquesm 11y agoDepends on the weight of your package.
- throwaway342526 11y agoThere is no battery problem for truck-to-door. The truck charges between deliveries and spare swap-in packs pick up any slack if the duty cycle is too high.