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Re:Zipline announces new delivery drone that precisely lower... by dreadmocks on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @03:10PM (#35173255)
From a controls perspective, controlling a drone while tethered to a mini drone in potentially high winds is quite impressive
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Re:Zipline announces new delivery drone that precisely lower... by r_o_b_o_t on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @04:42PM (#35174431)
Agreed! It looks like the droid can only move up and down via the winch so if there was a big gust of wind it seems like the mother drone would have to react very quickly
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Re:Zipline announces new delivery drone that precisely lower... by sgtnoodle on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @10:14PM (#35177348)
Thanks! I'm one of the engineers at Zipline.
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