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Drone Delivery Was Supposed to be the Future. What Went Wrong?

Wendover Productions explains why drone delivery has not become the future once promised. It covers no-fly zones, costs and the difficulty of the final drop-off.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Wendover Productions
Topic
drone delivery
Format
explainer
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
4
HN mentions in dataset
5
Recommendation years in dataset
2022–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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  • I think that Wendover has the best summary: [VIDEO] Here's the tl;dr: The "last foot" problem is the biggest killer. Getting a drone into the air and to its target is not the hard problem - getting a package safely to the ground at someone's …

    CSMastermind on Hacker News · 2023-07
    In Ask HN: What ever happened to the “coming wave” of delivery drones?

  • They also have a more recent video on general drone delivery: [VIDEO] It was really interesting to watch. General idea discusses the problems it faced in the US in seemingly optimal circumstances (airspace restrictions, density, existing delivery networks) and how it does live and help …

    ketzu on Hacker News · 2022-04
    In Drones have transformed blood delivery in Rwanda

  • This mini-documentary explains it pretty well: [VIDEO] TL;DW: No-fly zones, costs, and drones not being intelligent enough to detect where they are going to drop off packages. It is cheaper and easier to do the last mile via traditional methods than dealing with all the …

    coppolaemilio on Hacker News · 2022-08
    In Ask HN: What happened to drone delivery service?

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