Google company unveils drone delivery-network ambition

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Wing hopes the technology will soon be able to handle tens of millions of deliveries.

the delivery dronesautoloaders that allow companies to leave packages for collection

"A tangible example of that would be: the aircraft takes off at one location, it might fly to another business to go pick up a box, and then it might fly to the delivery location and then, rather than returning to the pad it took off from, fly to another adjacent one," Mr Woodworth told the BBC's Tech Tent programme.

The autoloader resembles a pair of fishing rods, angled in a V shape. Shop staff hang small packages from a hook and the drones hover above to winch them up.

 

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A very cynical corner of my mind can see a future of AI driven Drone Wars as companies flood the skies with Drones (all following the same street layout). The constant buzz of drones above cities will be punctuated by explosions and crashes as they ram each other out of the sky.

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