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Kiva Systems Co-Founder: Drone Delivery Could Be As Low As 20 Cents Per Package

Posted by samzenpus on from the air-delivery dept.

Hallie Siegel writes A year ago, Amazon announced its plans for Prime Air — a drone delivery service. Recently Amazon has been posting job ads, saying they are looking for drone pilots. Whatever the regulatory issues, is drone delivery financially feasible? ETH Zurich professor Raffaello D'Andrea thinks it is economically feasible to deliver small packages by drone. D'Andrea is responsible for the Flying Machine Arena ("a space where flying robots live and learn") and is co-founder of Kiva Systems, the company acquired by Amazon for $775 million in cash that innovated the robotic fulfillment system that Amazon is now implementing in many of its warehouse facilities.

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  1. Practical jokes by Beardo+the+Bearded · · Score: 4, Funny

    A buddy and I were talking about how you could prank someone with this.

    Find a couple out on a date, wait for the guy to check his phone, then order drone-delivered condoms.

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