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"In recent years, cafes, supermarkets and online shops have started to trial
drone delivery in a handful of locations around the world. More than a dozen
drone delivery companies are now running such trials.
Just this week, Wing (owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet) announced a
partnership with Australian supermarket giant Coles to deliver small items via
drone to customers close to a Gold Coast supermarket. Wing is already operating
in parts of Canberra and Logan, Queensland.
Given the technical success of various trials so far, it is worth exploring
whether drone delivery might become mainstream and can actually be scaled up
geographically.
As you would expect, the answer is “it depends”. There are many issues when
considering drones around people, such as safety and infrastructure. For
example, a recent crash of a delivery drone on electricity lines in a suburb of
Logan left thousands without power.
There is also potential unwanted noise and visual pollution, and a perceived
issue around privacy."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
