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Re:Amazon to deliver by drone? Don't believe the hype by jonlucc on Monday December 02, 2013 @08:55AM (#6833599)
Do I misunderstand this technology? I think the fly to GPS waypoints thing is done by these guys: http://copter.ardupilot.com/
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Re:Amazon to deliver by drone? Don't believe the hype by raverbashing on Monday December 02, 2013 @09:27AM (#6833778)
See this: http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/planning-an-apmcopter-missi...

The flight is manually pre-planned. You also need to consider obstacles (and other aircraft).

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