Certainly, aerotaxi for a burrito sounds like overkill, but come to think of it, maybe "rider for a burrito" is more of an actual overkill Then again, in a city a guy on bike can bring the burrito to your door. Unless they serve you through the window (which sounds risky), having to go outside to wait for the zipline sounds like a downgrade (And at least in my town it's illegal to fly drones, so...)
Here in the NJ/NY/CT tri-state region, almost all the Amazon trucks are now electric, and housing can be high-density. Each truck holds hundreds of packages and the routes are very carefully planned for maximum efficiency. I don't think the math holds up for an area like this. Also, lots of the suburbs here have enough large trees to make this kind of delivery problematic. Not to mention the weather. I think it's a great concept, but maybe limited primarily to medical/military applications.
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Yeah they conveniently do not even mention how the hardest part works: the last "mile" delivery: how do they map out safe spots? Sounds like a very hard problem.
They've discussed it previously. You just pick a place in your yard as a viable target. Also, only the little capsule comes down. The drone itself stays high up. They've also been doing deliveries in African jungles for years now, so I don't think rain is a problem.
@@VoltCruelerz thanks for the info. It appears that the range is 10 miles. That's another issue: The cargo needs to be delivered to the drone station by vehicle. In the suburbs, it would make no sense to then offload 500 packages into 500 drones. I see that they are testing this in Utah and Arkansas, where it might be a good fit. So, I see this as a niche application. I'm sure somewhere there is a map showing where this can do the most good and/or make the most money.
@@torstenhogel7832this have been in use in Gothenburg, Sweden, for a couple of years now. If an emergency call comes in for example a cardiac arrest, a drone sent off to that location. It hovers like 30 meters above and hoist down an AED. The techology is deployed, but still in an evaluaton fase. Pretty cool stuff
@@berttorpson2592 Zipline? I think it was just for medical supplies, nothing deadly (as far as I am aware), if you want deadly drones it's "Palmer Lucky's" company that does those
Zipline has been doing deliveries in Africa for years now, so they actually have something to build from for US delivery. Amazon didn't have that foundation.
This is an awesome company! I have a family member who works at Zip Line so I have known about this company for many years. This is the future of transportation and goods and, eventually, people.
General Specs for Zipline Drones: - Cost: In Rwanda e.g. Zipline charges $0.88 per km per kg - Maximum Transport Load: 1.8 kg (4 lbs) of cargo per flight. - Speed: Average cruising speed of 100 km/h (62 mph) - Takeoff Weight: 10-12 kg (including the 1.8 kg payload). - Range: Zipline drones can cover distances of up to 160 km (100 miles) per round trip, depending on wind and weather conditions. - Altitude: Zipline drones operate at altitudes of around 80 to 400 feet (24 to 122 meters), depending on terrain. (according to ChatGPT)
I absolutely love your mission, and also really appreciate how you share your progress with us. The vision of this delivery system is the kind of world I want to live in.
"Just got done waiting 4 days for a set of headphones that doesn't even weigh 2 lbs, packaging included. Can't say I'll miss waiting days for something so simple. Drones will be amazing, especially if they can work in relay to get things across multiple states using transfer stations."
You underestimate the current rate of package delivery by SECONDS actually... Imagine just 1000 drones over you everyday and the consequences on flights and the amount of reliability needed. It's absurd. In France, a little country, have 2M packages delivred, EVERYDAY ! (without any count of deliveries from private companies) Just think about it. And it takes only 1 to 3 days in bounds.
How will drone delivery help with this? Your package took 4 days because it was shipped from a far distance, not because it was delivered by ground delivery. Also, why is your comment in quotation marks?
I have a similar idea but it works best in high density areas and high rise building staff that can support this delivery service. However, most of the US is not high density and the limited range of a drone reduces this to very few areas. This company would have to spend and R&D like EVTOL company for a vehicle that can switch between hover and horizontal flight to increase range. Additionally, adverse weather conditions instantly disables this delivery service so virtually any establishment would need traditional delivery always ready. I think Zipline would have to vertically integrate to make this successful like having their own drink/food/ecommerce business in the middle of a busy city... products will then be cheaper with delivery and arrive quicker than competition.
The timing is unfortunate where the economy over the last 4 years turned fast-food into a luxury item. But I believe this still has a very solid chance to become THE future of delivery. Even just managing to break the duopoly of food delivery apps would be a great change.
If we're gonna dunk on delivery tech from pre-history, where the cost of moving a vehicle is amortized over many packages, lets be fair: What is your Energy Used Per Delivery?
@@stuntpenguinnot necessarily. It depends on the capacity of the “1700kg transport vehicle”. For example: A full shopping cart delivered by 5-10 drones will be worse off.
I hope they don't lose their focus on the life-saving work of v1 honestly I wish they would focus on rolling that out to more places than 1st world deliverys
Letting that pod thing that comes down have it's own thrusters is genius! With that accuracy, houses could have a small chimney-like thing for receiving deliveries directly, instead of having to leave the packages outside!
Well, yes! Something like this would be way more efficient than all the other stuff we are doing nowadays! I do think people should be less consumerist in general, but we should still optimize the commerce that will always exists
@6:24: "That means in the morning, a Zip may be delivering doughnuts for the office, then move to a salad(?) shop for the lunch rush, and finish its day delivering allergy medicine from the grocery store." @07:03: "We use a dedicated fleet for Zips for transporting medical supplies."
It is an absolute blast watching this story and company develop. Seeing the economics of it laid out nice and simple, showing how you can have your cake and eat it to. Delivered.
i really hope this thing catches on, along with automated retrieval / chute systems. would be nice to just press order then just walk out to the living room for whatever i ordered half an hour later.
What about apartments ? Crowded airspace areas, which is many places in europe. Most people live in small apartments here, will it come down and knock on your windows ? And what about the harsh winter ops, especially in Northern Europe ? And the pollution is just BS. We should not consume more, we shall consume less, especially USA. Trucks, delivery vans etc. is already fully electric where I live, with 1 day delivery for most ordered goods. And it can carry SO much more.
We should consume more if it makes people happy, or consume less if that makes people happy. Your opinion about how much people "should" consume is uninformed by other people's decisions.
@@RussellNelson no no this is not a question of opinion, this is a question of facts We are currently using up all of the earths resources, we *need* to consume less. Sure, maybe it will last till we die, but at this rate future generations wouldnt be able to live a modern, healthy life
Yeah the environment stuff is BS. Sure, all of this is electric, but the energy cost must be way higher than a conventional truck per Kilo. Also, I cant believe that these things have a long lifespan and they propably take lots of ressources to produce in an energy intensiv procedure. Cant forget about the environmental impact of the production when reviewing a products sustainability!
8lbs? Is that really so revolutionary? Will it really replace trucks? I think they're jumping the gun on this. It seems like they need to be able to carry at least like 30lbs to make a meaningful difference.
The last mile delivery is going to be a battle between autonomous electric cars and drones. So essentially between Tesla and these guys. In dense urban settings, like NYC, vs in rural areas like Billings, MT, the solution you need is going to be vastly different
Errr! what is the maximum wind speed the system can deal with? consequently is there a published Uptime 99.9% ? and how are customers compensated when a delivery cannot be met? is there a backup road based system?
haha, treng osloborgarane endå mindre sosialisering enn dei allereie har no? straks kjem det til å verta dronar som løftar dei og sender dei direkte til baren på fredagskvelden
It doesn't look like it'll be able to handle a large pizza. Maybe they should redesign a pizza box that'll work with the zipline system. I think Pizza is number one home delivery item.
I'm pretty sure there is a cable cutter in play in that event. Its cheaper to drop the lower unit than to loose the drone and risk a lawsuit from an impact.
This is not zero emmision. It emmits sound. Imagine a world where all deliveries are done with zipline. There will be no quit place in a city. I cant belive in the advertised sound levels.
wow, awesome technology - I hope you guys expand to bigger aircraft - imagine being able to pick up & drop off "Ambulance Modules" that are carrying EMT's or can also drop off LEO's - this technology will be a force multiplier - traffic will be no longer an issue for such mobility.
There's definitely tech to help with this, like "feathering" the edges of the prop blades. But those make them slightly less efficient (costly), so it'll require local laws limiting noise to certain decibel levels to actually make this worth building in...
It looks amazing and you have developed some great technology to enable these drones. My only concern is how it may further accelerate consumerism in our society which already massively overconsumes.
All the arguments are terrible and just not true at all. So many drones and devices for so few deliveries is absurd in ecological terms (silicon, rare earths, plastic, wastes, etc.). While we have already found ways (indeed longer) to group these packages in processes that drastically reduce the amount of energy per package BELOW that of a means of transport per package (even if it is electric, i speak about energy, not in gas emissions). Pooling is the only real method to reduce the environmental and economic weight of deliveries. It's an old principle, but one that took 100 years to perfect. You don't realize how many packages are delivered every second around the world, really ! Make zero-emission cruise ships instead of multiplying the price and environmental impact of electronic waste by 1000. In France, a little country, have 2M packages delivred, EVERYDAY ! Just think about it. And it takes only 1 to 3 days in bounds.
Your little cabby is cute but I think it's better if it just drops the payload off with like an arm. There should be a standard unobstructed 3x3 pad that the drone can recognize ez
So, I'll need to endure the noise (no, it's NOT silent), visual clutter and the occasional crashes for everyone's DOUGHNUTS? NO thank you... I live in a 200 home neighborhood. That could mean that dozens of these obnoxious beasts could be arriving, departing and hovering overhead. Seriously? I think this is amazing technology, but the last thing it should be used for is mundane groceries and food deliveries. I don't want these things overhead all damn day! This is EXACTLY the kind of innovation that comes from a bunch of over-enthusiastic, underthinking young San Francisco nerds. I know the type because I used to BE one of them and I lived in SF and helped a SOMA startup invent a bunch of idealistic, underthought and self-righteous gadgets. I empathize.
I was wondering if you had pre approved emergency landing areas all along every route like say a homeowner who would give you permission to land in their yard or a building owner with a roof top & the city regulated these places would the FAA find it more acceptable to operate in dense urban areas?
I am with you zipline. You know the electrolysis of water into oxygen and hydrogen can be reversed with a fire combustion chamber THAT PRODUCES water again... 😅😂
i feel like "private taxi for your burrito" is the best way to describe doordash
True but I think it was more of a swing at Uber Eats
Often it's not "private" if the driver picks up more than one delivery at a time.
Hahaha
So, Porch Pirates can spot these, and follow them, Picking up the Package, Zippity Doo Dah! 😮😳🥴
Certainly, aerotaxi for a burrito sounds like overkill, but come to think of it, maybe "rider for a burrito" is more of an actual overkill
Then again, in a city a guy on bike can bring the burrito to your door. Unless they serve you through the window (which sounds risky), having to go outside to wait for the zipline sounds like a downgrade (And at least in my town it's illegal to fly drones, so...)
Here in the NJ/NY/CT tri-state region, almost all the Amazon trucks are now electric, and housing can be high-density. Each truck holds hundreds of packages and the routes are very carefully planned for maximum efficiency. I don't think the math holds up for an area like this. Also, lots of the suburbs here have enough large trees to make this kind of delivery problematic. Not to mention the weather. I think it's a great concept, but maybe limited primarily to medical/military applications.
Yeah they conveniently do not even mention how the hardest part works: the last "mile" delivery: how do they map out safe spots? Sounds like a very hard problem.
It's true most people order Uber eats or doordash when it's raining or snowing outside. Also you missed New York
Yup - and all the utility wires here go from the street right over the front yards
They've discussed it previously. You just pick a place in your yard as a viable target. Also, only the little capsule comes down. The drone itself stays high up.
They've also been doing deliveries in African jungles for years now, so I don't think rain is a problem.
@@VoltCruelerz thanks for the info. It appears that the range is 10 miles. That's another issue: The cargo needs to be delivered to the drone station by vehicle. In the suburbs, it would make no sense to then offload 500 packages into 500 drones. I see that they are testing this in Utah and Arkansas, where it might be a good fit. So, I see this as a niche application. I'm sure somewhere there is a map showing where this can do the most good and/or make the most money.
How much does an emergency defibrillator weight? Following a 911 call it could bring one (or whatever supplies are needed) to a patient
AED units range in weight from about 2.1 lbs to just over 7 lbs, should be possible, love that idea
@@torstenhogel7832this have been in use in Gothenburg, Sweden, for a couple of years now. If an emergency call comes in for example a cardiac arrest, a drone sent off to that location. It hovers like 30 meters above and hoist down an AED. The techology is deployed, but still in an evaluaton fase. Pretty cool stuff
In my system of holographic money the ai would just alert neighbors if you have a problem.
@@beginnereasy that is complete gibberish. Do you even know what you are saying?
@@kellymoses8566 yes they know
Can't wait to have a burrito button on my smart watch that delivers a burrito no matter where I am standing outside.
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I wish you the best truly. I know Amazon threw tons of money at the idea of drone delivery and couldn't make it profitable/scaleable enough.
They have military contracts
@@berttorpson2592 Zipline? I think it was just for medical supplies, nothing deadly (as far as I am aware), if you want deadly drones it's "Palmer Lucky's" company that does those
@@berttorpson2592 Bret thinks they have military contracts, and he thinks that's a bad idea because he's a dipshit.
Zipline has been doing deliveries in Africa for years now, so they actually have something to build from for US delivery. Amazon didn't have that foundation.
@@VoltCruelerz you think military contracts are not to kill folk? Wake up baby.
Amazing technology!! can't wait to see this in neighborhood
This is an awesome company! I have a family member who works at Zip Line so I have known about this company for many years. This is the future of transportation and goods and, eventually, people.
انا اريد طائره هل يمكنك مساعدتي؟
واين موقع الشركه?
I do love me a good VTOL....
Same here bro! I might have a really good deployment site for Zipline in the Detroit metro area. Near my manufacturing startup.
Also, your channel's fire my bro!
Henlo
you are GOAT bro
General Specs for Zipline Drones:
- Cost: In Rwanda e.g. Zipline charges $0.88 per km per kg
- Maximum Transport Load: 1.8 kg (4 lbs) of cargo per flight.
- Speed: Average cruising speed of 100 km/h (62 mph)
- Takeoff Weight: 10-12 kg (including the 1.8 kg payload).
- Range: Zipline drones can cover distances of up to 160 km (100 miles) per round trip, depending on wind and weather conditions.
- Altitude: Zipline drones operate at altitudes of around 80 to 400 feet (24 to 122 meters), depending on terrain.
(according to ChatGPT)
اين موقع الشركه ؟وهل استطيع شراء الطائره وانا في دوله عربيه ؟
ممكن تساعدني
Wish you all the best guys, this is just awesome!
Y'all been busy. I'm here for it.
Anyone else think the droid is as cute as a bumblebee?
Probably just you you?
да
Very cool, great job Zipline team!
Sensing a problem here:
Does it fit a large pizza?
I think you have to fold it in half 😅
@@marccracchiolo4935 Ah. So only works for NY style pizza.
Pizza will be rectangular one day, to fit the paylod efficiently.
Oh wait... "Pizza al taglio" already exists in Italy
Mosad approves this product. Personalized pager delivery.
I couldn't be anymore excited
I absolutely love your mission, and also really appreciate how you share your progress with us. The vision of this delivery system is the kind of world I want to live in.
and when the "droid" gets snagged on something? what then?
They'll just cut the cable and let the property or city owners clean up the mess I guess ?
Seems bulletproof in so many ways 😂
"Just got done waiting 4 days for a set of headphones that doesn't even weigh 2 lbs, packaging included. Can't say I'll miss waiting days for something so simple. Drones will be amazing, especially if they can work in relay to get things across multiple states using transfer stations."
You underestimate the current rate of package delivery by SECONDS actually... Imagine just 1000 drones over you everyday and the consequences on flights and the amount of reliability needed. It's absurd.
In France, a little country, have 2M packages delivred, EVERYDAY ! (without any count of deliveries from private companies) Just think about it. And it takes only 1 to 3 days in bounds.
How will drone delivery help with this? Your package took 4 days because it was shipped from a far distance, not because it was delivered by ground delivery. Also, why is your comment in quotation marks?
Doesn't look like a pizza fits.
I am sold!!
Truly incredible work guys, well done
This is the awesome future we all want, I'm so glad Zipline exists!
This is going to be amazing :D (I hope that this gets to spain in at least 20 years)
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
What happened to the quiet offset propellers featured in the Mark Rober video? Those made quite the impression when people saw that video.
They have military contracts
@@berttorpson2592 Bret's mother has a military contract. You should see how many soldiers she can service in a day! Thank her for her service.
@@RussellNelsondad aren’t u too old for these jokes. Also you should come home stepmom is with her boyfriend, they are waiting for u to watch
I wish them good luck! And that their solution be as widespread as possible.
behind the scenes is very cool!
I am so amazed by how far zipline has gone. You guys are doing amazing things and changing delivery of goods.
I have a similar idea but it works best in high density areas and high rise building staff that can support this delivery service. However, most of the US is not high density and the limited range of a drone reduces this to very few areas. This company would have to spend and R&D like EVTOL company for a vehicle that can switch between hover and horizontal flight to increase range.
Additionally, adverse weather conditions instantly disables this delivery service so virtually any establishment would need traditional delivery always ready.
I think Zipline would have to vertically integrate to make this successful like having their own drink/food/ecommerce business in the middle of a busy city... products will then be cheaper with delivery and arrive quicker than competition.
The timing is unfortunate where the economy over the last 4 years turned fast-food into a luxury item.
But I believe this still has a very solid chance to become THE future of delivery. Even just managing to break the duopoly of food delivery apps would be a great change.
If we're gonna dunk on delivery tech from pre-history, where the cost of moving a vehicle is amortized over many packages, lets be fair: What is your Energy Used Per Delivery?
always lower than moving a 1700 kilo van the same distance.
@@stuntpenguin define "amortized"
Less energy than what pizza delivery guys currently use, for sure.
@@stuntpenguinnot necessarily. It depends on the capacity of the “1700kg transport vehicle”. For example: A full shopping cart delivered by 5-10 drones will be worse off.
From helping people in africa to helping people that are to lazy to get out of their home to get a package. It is a bit sad though.
I hope they don't lose their focus on the life-saving work of v1 honestly I wish they would focus on rolling that out to more places than 1st world deliverys
@@backacheache The one probably helps pay for the other.
Letting that pod thing that comes down have it's own thrusters is genius! With that accuracy, houses could have a small chimney-like thing for receiving deliveries directly, instead of having to leave the packages outside!
santa drone
We seriously need to rebuild our houses now to consume faster?
Well, yes! Something like this would be way more efficient than all the other stuff we are doing nowadays!
I do think people should be less consumerist in general, but we should still optimize the commerce that will always exists
lol yea I've been saying for a while that we could convert existing chimnies into package receipt chutes :D
been following since last year, this is some super exciting stuff!
Great technology and great vision.
Good luck on the FAA paperwork
They have military contracts
They've already gotten some approvals by the FAA to operate. And granted part 107 approval by the FAA
@@MustachioFurioso9134 They have military contracts
@@berttorpson2592 you've posted this as spam like...on every comment my dude LOL
@@MustachioFurioso9134 yea cause it be important my guy
awesome advancements
I like it a lot. I would be happy to receive a delivery with Zipline.
@6:24: "That means in the morning, a Zip may be delivering doughnuts for the office, then move to a salad(?) shop for the lunch rush, and finish its day delivering allergy medicine from the grocery store."
@07:03: "We use a dedicated fleet for Zips for transporting medical supplies."
Loved the lawn mower delivery comparison.
I approve of this
Let's go!
This is a drug dealer's dream! Can customers pay with Bitcoin too?
It is an absolute blast watching this story and company develop. Seeing the economics of it laid out nice and simple, showing how you can have your cake and eat it to. Delivered.
i really hope this thing catches on, along with automated retrieval / chute systems. would be nice to just press order then just walk out to the living room for whatever i ordered half an hour later.
so cool
this is great. thanks for the well made video
USPS should buy this company
This is innovation
Awesome 👍🏼😎
I can't wait to receive a burrito from the heavens
Zipline has come a long way since medicine in Africa
Snow? Rain? High winds? Predators?
what predator would eat a metal box
@@solarisNT-v4j humans?
@@solarisNT-v4j not eat. Attack. I've seen video of an eagle attacking a drone.
This is great. Suggestion: Put a loud sound alarm if the vehicle is about to crash. I imagine you already have a parachute deployment?.
I hope this works!!! I'd love to see that world.
You would prefer to see millions of these things in the skies delivering Taco Bell … instead of birds? What’s wrong with you.
What about high drone air traffic? can they sense other drones or is there drone air highways???
They have military contracts
@@berttorpson2592 I'll bet that helps them sense other drones.
This will be best for rural areas, and I believe that will be the most efficient way to roll this out.
What about apartments ? Crowded airspace areas, which is many places in europe. Most people live in small apartments here, will it come down and knock on your windows ? And what about the harsh winter ops, especially in Northern Europe ? And the pollution is just BS. We should not consume more, we shall consume less, especially USA. Trucks, delivery vans etc. is already fully electric where I live, with 1 day delivery for most ordered goods. And it can carry SO much more.
We should consume more if it makes people happy, or consume less if that makes people happy. Your opinion about how much people "should" consume is uninformed by other people's decisions.
@@RussellNelson no no this is not a question of opinion, this is a question of facts
We are currently using up all of the earths resources, we *need* to consume less. Sure, maybe it will last till we die, but at this rate future generations wouldnt be able to live a modern, healthy life
Yeah the environment stuff is BS. Sure, all of this is electric, but the energy cost must be way higher than a conventional truck per Kilo. Also, I cant believe that these things have a long lifespan and they propably take lots of ressources to produce in an energy intensiv procedure. Cant forget about the environmental impact of the production when reviewing a products sustainability!
@@zzz_zzzzzzz_zzz_imtired You are a cult member.
8lbs? Is that really so revolutionary? Will it really replace trucks? I think they're jumping the gun on this. It seems like they need to be able to carry at least like 30lbs to make a meaningful difference.
Honey it sounds like helicopter is falling from sky.
No honey its Zipline.
How will it work with residential zones near airports?
That one guy has creepy eyes
aaah yessss…porch pirates are gonna love it…
Screwdriver #69 9:08 (chef's kiss)
WE NEED THIS IN AUSTRALIA!
I wonder is the population is high enough or dense enough but would be amazing for medical.
@@dodgygoose3054 I'm sure Australians are dense enough. But yes, definitely medical.
@@RussellNelson WOW... right there your easy bullying shows who you truly are, a sad mean little man.
I call dibs to run this technology/service in my town. Please send franchise info, I will sign off immediately.
The last mile delivery is going to be a battle between autonomous electric cars and drones. So essentially between Tesla and these guys. In dense urban settings, like NYC, vs in rural areas like Billings, MT, the solution you need is going to be vastly different
Can't wait to see how cats and dogs will react to something coming down from the sky in their backyards 😂
They have military contracts
@@berttorpson2592 They have military cats.
Awesome!
I first saw you guys on mark robers channel this is so cool
Errr! what is the maximum wind speed the system can deal with? consequently is there a published Uptime 99.9% ? and how are customers compensated when a delivery cannot be met? is there a backup road based system?
A 3 ft by 3 ft pad (1 meter x is fine) should be all you need to have a drone deliver it right to you. I support centralized distribution.
this video looks like an investors update
Can't wait for my deliveries of free drones.
Other drones drop their package like 11 feet. That's like getting hit by a car going 18mph.
Bring it to Norway!
haha, treng osloborgarane endå mindre sosialisering enn dei allereie har no? straks kjem det til å verta dronar som løftar dei og sender dei direkte til baren på fredagskvelden
It doesn't look like it'll be able to handle a large pizza. Maybe they should redesign a pizza box that'll work with the zipline system. I think Pizza is number one home delivery item.
They have military contracts
@@berttorpson2592 Good point. MRE pizza probably fits in it perfectly. 👍
@@berttorpson2592 Good for them! Yay!
OR redesign pizza so it fits into their delivery system.
So companies need to get the zip infrastructure installed
This is a great idea, my only concern is birds running into these
What if I grab the cable during delivery?
What happens if you drive a car into a concrete wall?
I'm pretty sure there is a cable cutter in play in that event. Its cheaper to drop the lower unit than to loose the drone and risk a lawsuit from an impact.
Hey don't take cats & dogs' jobs ! 😂
They have military contracts
Instant vaporization
How many orders per second does a single docking station support? Also, how is charging or battery swap is performed?
take my money !
This is not zero emmision. It emmits sound. Imagine a world where all deliveries are done with zipline. There will be no quit place in a city. I cant belive in the advertised sound levels.
that's the reason why the main drone stays in the sky.
wow, awesome technology - I hope you guys expand to bigger aircraft - imagine being able to pick up & drop off "Ambulance Modules" that are carrying EMT's or can also drop off LEO's - this technology will be a force multiplier - traffic will be no longer an issue for such mobility.
They have military contracts
@@berttorpson2592 They have prostitute contracts. Sex on demand.
Have you ever heard of a helicopter?
@@upthere5826 ah, you still have the 20th century mindset - time to update your OS, dude
My one issue with drones is noise pollution. If they can figure out how to reduce the noise to be non-dsiruptive to daily life then yeah I'm down
There's definitely tech to help with this, like "feathering" the edges of the prop blades. But those make them slightly less efficient (costly), so it'll require local laws limiting noise to certain decibel levels to actually make this worth building in...
I think thats the main reason it stays high up
It looks amazing and you have developed some great technology to enable these drones. My only concern is how it may further accelerate consumerism in our society which already massively overconsumes.
yeah maybe dont show it flying in the mountains but actually near businesses and houses
That’s what I’m waiting to see
Teleportation is here 💃
All the arguments are terrible and just not true at all. So many drones and devices for so few deliveries is absurd in ecological terms (silicon, rare earths, plastic, wastes, etc.). While we have already found ways (indeed longer) to group these packages in processes that drastically reduce the amount of energy per package BELOW that of a means of transport per package (even if it is electric, i speak about energy, not in gas emissions). Pooling is the only real method to reduce the environmental and economic weight of deliveries. It's an old principle, but one that took 100 years to perfect. You don't realize how many packages are delivered every second around the world, really !
Make zero-emission cruise ships instead of multiplying the price and environmental impact of electronic waste by 1000.
In France, a little country, have 2M packages delivred, EVERYDAY ! Just think about it. And it takes only 1 to 3 days in bounds.
Your little cabby is cute but I think it's better if it just drops the payload off with like an arm. There should be a standard unobstructed 3x3 pad that the drone can recognize ez
very cool 🎉😮
So, I'll need to endure the noise (no, it's NOT silent), visual clutter and the occasional crashes for everyone's DOUGHNUTS? NO thank you...
I live in a 200 home neighborhood. That could mean that dozens of these obnoxious beasts could be arriving, departing and hovering overhead. Seriously?
I think this is amazing technology, but the last thing it should be used for is mundane groceries and food deliveries. I don't want these things overhead all damn day!
This is EXACTLY the kind of innovation that comes from a bunch of over-enthusiastic, underthinking young San Francisco nerds. I know the type because I used to BE one of them and I lived in SF and helped a SOMA startup invent a bunch of idealistic, underthought and self-righteous gadgets. I empathize.
Gearing up for a fundraise for sure
I was wondering if you had pre approved emergency landing areas all along every route like say a homeowner who would give you permission to land in their yard or a building owner with a roof top & the city regulated these places would the FAA find it more acceptable to operate in dense urban areas?
this sucks for so many people but nooo we need to consume more
please elaborate, I want to hear more
@@solarisNT-v4j a sky full of drones with bright lights ruins astronomy even more for example
@@skoovee But observatories are usually in rural area, which isn't the target audience of Zipline in the US
@@joshuachan6317 what about all the people who live in the city? alot of people cant even see the milky way anymore from their home
@@skoovee dude, if you live in the cities the light pollution alone makes sure you can't see the stars.
You'll hit the lottery when Amazon buys you out.👍🏼
I am with you zipline. You know the electrolysis of water into oxygen and hydrogen can be reversed with a fire combustion chamber THAT PRODUCES water again... 😅😂
Zipline's claims are to grandiose. They need to scope it better. Most of my deliveries are more than 8 pounds!
The next Theranos?
Air traffic gonna be crazy
Love this