Re:Amazon has made its first drone delivery to an actual cus...
by jonknee on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @12:46PM
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How's that self driving truck going to get the package to the door?
Re:Amazon has made its first drone delivery to an actual cus...
by mxuribe on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @01:33PM
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Or...better yet, there would be a self-driving truck/flat-bed which drives close to a certain city-center area, and has on its bed a mini-fleet of drones, these drones will lift-off from the truck instead of the fulfillment hub...these smaller drones would deliver it to the front door. Alternatively, the self-driving truck could have a cartoon-like robotic arm that extends to the customer's front door; ringing the doorbell automatically and dropping the package on the doormat. ;-)
I'm not sure how this is ever going to compare with a truck and driver, especially when the truck will be self-driving in less than a decade.