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Russia Debuts Postal Drone, Which Immediately Crashes Into Wall (futurism.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the life-comes-at-you-fast dept.

On Monday, Russia's postal service tested a delivery drone in the city of Ulan-Ude, Siberia, -- and it went horribly wrong. According to Futurism, soon after launch it crashed violently into the wall of a nearby building, "turning the UAV into a mess of jumbled parts." From the report: Here was the original plan for Monday's test. The $20,000 drone was supposed to pick up a small package and deliver it to a nearby village, Reuters reports. Instead the device failed spectacularly, only making it a short distance before crashing into a three-story building. The small crowd gathered to watch the test can be heard uttering expletives, according to Reuters. No one was injured in the crash, and it didn't do any damage, except to Russia's pride. The organizers aren't quite sure what went wrong, but they suspect the 100 or so nearby wifi spots could have had something to do with it.

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  1. Fake News by sexconker · · Score: 3, Funny

    And CNN expects me to believe they "hacked the election"?

    Sad!

  2. Well then by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The US Postal Service will take 8000 of them.

    1. Re:Well then by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      So then they can help deliver Amazon products.

  3. What's your take on this, Russian trolls? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Russian's built a building so fast the flight control couldn't see it coming?

  4. The Russian drone's AI was confused by greencfg · · Score: 2, Funny

    Seeing the building it incorrectly identified it as the Trump Tower, got emotional and stumbled.

  5. The Drone Drank Too Much Vodka Before Takeoff by dryriver · · Score: 3, Funny

    Its software then thought that the building wall was something the drone could make love to.

    --
    Why did the chicken cross the road? Because Elon Musk put an AI chip in its head.
  6. LOL by Archfeld · · Score: 5, Funny

    Even post office Drones go postal.

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    errr....umm...*whooosh* *whoosh* Is this thing on ?
  7. Re:Meanwhile my homemade $200 drone works by Curtman · · Score: 4, Funny

    You act like someone lost $20,000 building this drone.. No, no, no.. Someone made $19,600 building this $400 drone.