Re:DJI's First Delivery Drone Takes Flight Globally
by borissk on Saturday January 13, 2024 @12:53AM
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A tank is basically a tractor with a gun attached :)
Re:DJI's First Delivery Drone Takes Flight Globally
by semi-extrinsic on Saturday January 13, 2024 @03:25AM
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Exactly this, an important part of the origin of the tank was the tractor made by the Holt company, which today is Caterpillar. The first German and French tanks in WWI were modified Holt tractors, and the unmodified machines saw widespread use for pulling artillery guns.
The reason for Caterpillar pivoting towards construction equipment after WWI is that they had essentially only made military equipment during the war, so their equipment gradually shifted towards larger and heavier machines. When peace came, their products were too heavy to be used as farm equipment, but perfect for construction.
Re:DJI's First Delivery Drone Takes Flight Globally
by imtringued on Saturday January 13, 2024 @04:55AM
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You mean it's like artillery but more expensive and less effective?
A better analogy would be the airplane as it had dual civilian-military uses like the drone. Whereas a tank is solely a military use vehicle.
But the drone definitely has the ability to change war like the airplane did. Especially drone swarms backed by AI. You could buy 100,000 drones for the price of a single jet fighter. Imagine millions or even billions of drones fighting to take control over a city.