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Re:Swiss Post Suspends Drone Delivery Service After Second C... by dmix on Monday August 05, 2019 @10:44PM (#20621625)
Can’t this be mitigated with parachutes and other safety measures when certain descent speeds or other failures are detected? It could also broadcast an alarm during any descent to warn people.
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Re:Swiss Post Suspends Drone Delivery Service After Second C... by sytelus on Monday August 05, 2019 @10:48PM (#20621653)
Perhaps you didn't read the article but that's exactly what they had. The drone would flash light, deploy chute and make big whistle sound if it detected a crash. The problem is that it still does count as a crash. In the second crash chute system, itself failed.
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