【Science and Technology News】April 25 news, since the recent domestic and foreign e-commerce and catering industry unanimously believes that "drone delivery" will be the latest industry development trend, in order to shorten the amount of goods, and the cost of long delivery distance, there may be people who think that the drone can not bear this heavy responsibility, in fact, recently the Students of the Dutch Polytechnic University invented a flying robot called "Blue Jay", specially used as a food delivery service, let's see how it performs.
"Blue Jay" looks like a small white flying saucer with a pair of glowing "eyes". When a guest orders, "Blue Jay" will fly to the table, scan the menu selected by the guest, and then the drone will use the "paw" below to deliver food to the customer.
In addition to the common GPS, this flying robot is also equipped with multiple sensors, including lidar, indoor positioning systems, etc., and can work in buildings or more crowded places. According to the R&D members of the project, "Blue Jay" can survive in complex social environments, such as an alarm system to warn of intrusion, but also to put out fires, and even as a personal assistant to deliver water and food to you.
There are hidden dangers in drone delivery
"Drone delivery" looks good, but this development plan has been ruthlessly rejected by UCAS. A spokesman for the agency said, "Drone users must understand that drones can easily access busy airspace when flying, and these areas are areas with extremely complex traffic rules, filled with a wide variety of aircraft, including airliners, military jets, helicopters, gliders and light aircraft, and the rules for drone flight are designed to ensure the safety of all aviation users, and if anyone dares to challenge these rules, they will face severe penalties, including imprisonment." ”
It is reported that in the United States, there have been a number of drones and aircraft collisions, fortunately did not cause casualties, but this also caused a lot of trouble to pilots and airports, so UCAS has been paying more attention to this problem, they believe that with the current degree of planning in the aviation field in the city, I am afraid it is impossible to allow the emergence of a large number of drones, if you can not guarantee that people's lives are not disturbed, then the drone delivery plan will always be banned.
Even if we can see that the drone is powerful, it cannot guarantee its own stability or will not affect people's normal life. Until then, perhaps we will only be able to appreciate their service technology in technological places.