Parcel Delivery by UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)

[son_of_flubber]

http://qz.com/120654/china-could-become-the-first-country-to-legalize-parcel-delivery-by-drone/

[Soartech]

On Monday, December 2, 2013 11:16:31 AM UTC-5, son_of_flubber wrote:
> http://qz.com/120654/china-could-become-the-first-country-to-legalize-parcel-delivery-by-drone/

You must have watched 60 Minutes last night.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-unveils-futuristic-plan-delivery-by-drone/

[Nick Hill[_3_]]

On 02/12/2013 17:38, Soartech wrote:
> On Monday, December 2, 2013 11:16:31 AM UTC-5, son_of_flubber wrote:
>> http://qz.com/120654/china-could-become-the-first-country-to-legalize-parcel-delivery-by-drone/
>
> You must have watched 60 Minutes last night.
> http://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-unveils-futuristic-plan-delivery-by-drone/
>

Missed delivery note

https://twitter.com/QuantumPirate/status/407439281989640192/photo/1/large

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Nick Hill

[Morgans[_2_]]

"son_of_flubber" > wrote in message
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> http://qz.com/120654/china-could-become-the-first-country-to-legalize-parcel-delivery-by-drone/

The drones in those pictures generally have a very short duration; probably
in the order of 20 to 30 minutes. I don't see them doing much remote
delivery.
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Jim in NC


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[son_of_flubber]

On Monday, December 2, 2013 5:21:47 PM UTC-5, Morgans wrote:

> The drones in those pictures generally have a very short duration; probably
> in the order of 20 to 30 minutes. I don't see them doing much remote
> delivery.

First of all, the UAVs need to be autonomous (no human pilot).
Now imagine a FedEx truck driving slowly down your suburban street with six UAVs departing and returning to the rooftop flight deck (complete with autonomous parcel loading robots and recharging stations.) Jetsons!

[Matt Herron Jr.]

On Monday, December 2, 2013 8:16:31 AM UTC-8, son_of_flubber wrote:
> http://qz.com/120654/china-could-become-the-first-country-to-legalize-parcel-delivery-by-drone/

"PULL!" Kerblam!

[[email protected]]

On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 12:47:28 AM UTC, son_of_flubber wrote:
> On Monday, December 2, 2013 5:21:47 PM UTC-5, Morgans wrote:
>
>
>
> > The drones in those pictures generally have a very short duration; probably
>
> > in the order of 20 to 30 minutes. I don't see them doing much remote
>
> > delivery.
>
>
>
> First of all, the UAVs need to be autonomous (no human pilot).
>
> Now imagine a FedEx truck driving slowly down your suburban street with six UAVs departing and returning to the rooftop flight deck (complete with autonomous parcel loading robots and recharging stations.) Jetsons!

Will they ring the doorbell and then fly away before you can get there? If not they will never replace delivery drivers.

John Galloway

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On Monday, December 2, 2013 12:38:53 PM UTC-5, Soartech wrote:
> On Monday, December 2, 2013 11:16:31 AM UTC-5, son_of_flubber wrote: > http://qz.com/120654/china-could-become-the-first-country-to-legalize-parcel-delivery-by-drone/ You must have watched 60 Minutes last night. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-unveils-futuristic-plan-delivery-by-drone/

Gonna be fun sittin' on the front porch with a broom stick. LOL
This is a solution looking for a problem and not likely to work in many places.
It is interesting to see how far these guys will go to feed the shopping addiction.
UH

[Craig R.]

The first network news report of a 8 year old child on her bicycle or Fido accidentally getting nailed by one should be spectacular. The world news firestorm will incredible and won't stop for months. Then there will be the lawsuits....

[Evan Ludeman[_4_]]

On Wednesday, December 4, 2013 10:49:27 AM UTC-5, wrote:
> On Monday, December 2, 2013 12:38:53 PM UTC-5, Soartech wrote:
>
> > On Monday, December 2, 2013 11:16:31 AM UTC-5, son_of_flubber wrote: > http://qz.com/120654/china-could-become-the-first-country-to-legalize-parcel-delivery-by-drone/ You must have watched 60 Minutes last night. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-unveils-futuristic-plan-delivery-by-drone/
>
>
>
> Gonna be fun sittin' on the front porch with a broom stick. LOL
>
> This is a solution looking for a problem and not likely to work in many places.
>
> It is interesting to see how far these guys will go to feed the shopping addiction.
>
> UH

It's to FedEx what the Segway is to personal transportation.

Or what sailplanes are to airmail :-)

http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n638/SoarNH/postcard.jpg

Next up: trans-ocean delivery by red herring.

Evan Ludeman / T8

[Ralph Jones[_3_]]

On Mon, 2 Dec 2013 17:21:47 -0500, "Morgans"
> wrote:

>
>"son_of_flubber" > wrote in message
...
>> http://qz.com/120654/china-could-become-the-first-country-to-legalize-parcel-delivery-by-drone/
>
>The drones in those pictures generally have a very short duration; probably
>in the order of 20 to 30 minutes. I don't see them doing much remote
>delivery.
The drone performance was quite adequate to the task at hand, and it's
a smart move.

What you saw is Amazon getting its name all over newspapers, TV
screens and blogs in the middle of the holiday shopping season. They
paid the cost of producing and airing a commercial; the rest comes at
no additional charge!

As another poster suggests, the system demonstrated would cause a
historic business boom for pediatric and veterinary hospitals.

[Ray Swinfield]

Accidents and lawsuits would definitely give these big businesses a
problem. But big business usually finds ways to cope and get its
way if there is enough profit. E g air liner crashes and the cost of
safety measures versus the often cheaper move of paying the
litigation or its insurance costs.
IMHO what might well kill it off is the profit motive itself in other
parts of the economy. I think there would be enough people who
would hijack and steal these drones and it would be very difficult to
prevent or catch them. The scenario now gets horrific. The drones
would become heavily armed and fight off intruders. So we dont
need Skynet to nuke us into near oblivion - the oblivious
consumers would hardly notice terminators evolving and new
forms of gang war and anti drone vigilantes becoming the norm
and topics of documentaries and movies.
Bring back Marvin the Paranoid Android.

[Frank Whiteley]

On Sunday, December 8, 2013 3:59:57 AM UTC-7, Ray Swinfield wrote:
> Accidents and lawsuits would definitely give these big businesses a
>
> problem. But big business usually finds ways to cope and get its
>
> way if there is enough profit. E g air liner crashes and the cost of
>
> safety measures versus the often cheaper move of paying the
>
> litigation or its insurance costs.
>
> IMHO what might well kill it off is the profit motive itself in other
>
> parts of the economy. I think there would be enough people who
>
> would hijack and steal these drones and it would be very difficult to
>
> prevent or catch them. The scenario now gets horrific. The drones
>
> would become heavily armed and fight off intruders. So we dont
>
> need Skynet to nuke us into near oblivion - the oblivious
>
> consumers would hardly notice terminators evolving and new
>
> forms of gang war and anti drone vigilantes becoming the norm
>
> and topics of documentaries and movies.
>
> Bring back Marvin the Paranoid Android.

http://samy.pl/skyjack/

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Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor wind above 10 knots nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

[son_of_flubber]

On Sunday, December 8, 2013 10:47:00 AM UTC-5, wrote:
> Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor wind above 10 knots nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

Ha. Yep. I expect that small UAVs will eventually have liquid fuel engines.. The electric motors make it cheap and relatively safe to prototype the hardware and software. That makes it fertile ground for a generation of young people and hobbyists to play and innovate. I wonder what the "horse people" said about those geeky Wright brothers?

[[email protected]]

Shooting drones out of the sky will be a lot more fun for thieves - compared to stealing your packages off your porch. kk

[Richard[_9_]]

On Sunday, December 8, 2013 2:55:57 PM UTC-8, wrote:
> Shooting drones out of the sky will be a lot more fun for thieves - compared to stealing your packages off your porch. kk

That would be drone abuse!

[son_of_flubber]

Amazon's airspace straw man

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2015/07/28/amazon-details-its-plan-for-how-drones-can-fly-safely-over-u-s-skies/