These of course are not piloted by humans, they are envisioning autonomous vehicles. Here is another link which includes a short video: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/171879-amazon-unveils-30-minute-prime-air-quadcopter-delivery-service-but-its-completely-impractical
Extremetech loves the vision, but they see practical issues in the near term.
Here is Simon’s use case: http://www.gizmag.com/dominos-domicopter-pizza-delivery/27814/ A concept video from Domino’s Pizza UK.
Stephen
From: sg16-avd-bounces@lists.packetizer.com [mailto:sg16-avd-bounces@lists.packetizer.com] On Behalf Of Paul E. Jones
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WP1/16 Experts,
During the most recent meeting where we talked about conferencing robots, we talked about a class of robots like these:
I found it interesting that this was revealed so soon after our meeting. I doubt there is a connection, but I nonetheless thought you might be interested in getting a glimpse of what is in the works.
Paul