Ask HN: What ever happened to the “coming wave” of delivery drones?

Re:Ask HN: What ever happened to the “coming wave” of delive... by ajhurliman on Monday July 17, 2023 @06:54PM (#36765205)

I saw a demo recently where they had a drone flying high and it zip-lined a package down to the destination directly below it, so the drone never had to get close to the ground. I’m not sure if that’s current strategy but it seems like a cool idea to cut down on noise and proximity issues.

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Re:Ask HN: What ever happened to the “coming wave” of delive... by dole on Monday July 17, 2023 @07:18PM (#36765448)

I think this is the popular route they’re going, to avoid drone theft/vandalism, problem is still the liability of dropping things on people’s heads regardless of CV or other sensors.

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Re:Ask HN: What ever happened to the “coming wave” of delive... by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @12:27AM (#36767809)

That’s actually an idea: create a lightweight Ariel tram way just for package delivery. Sort of like the old vacuum tube networks some cities used to have.

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Re:Ask HN: What ever happened to the “coming wave” of delive... by andrewinardeer on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @02:28AM (#36768622)

This is happening in select parts of Australia.

https://wing.com/en_au/press/australia/

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Re:Ask HN: What ever happened to the “coming wave” of delive... by papower on Friday July 21, 2023 @07:32AM (#36812586)

This is how Manna Aero (1) are doing it in Ireland (2) and soon parts of Texas (3).

1. https://www.manna.aero/

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCnpxmhWRuw and https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/drone-regulation-ir...

3. https://dronelife.com/2023/05/08/manna-drone-delivery-flies-...

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