Japan takes a big step toward widespread drone delivery service www.theverge.com
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Japan, perhaps more than any nation on Earth, has a deep history with autonomous drones. Its companies have been using them for decades to assist with agriculture, infrastructure inspection, and construction. Today one of Japan’s biggest tech companies, Rakuten, announced it was forming a joint venture with the American startup AirMap. The goal is to develop a robust traffic management system for unmanned aerial vehicles, allowing large numbers of drones to operate autonomously in the same airspace.
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| #12912 by BarbaraEbara
| 7 years, 1 month ago
I love the idea behind having drones do delivery and I can see it working well in crowed areas. I do wonder if laws will be put up to protect them. Like, what would they do if someone took one down? Rakuten being among the first to dive into this kind of delivery doesn't surprise me either.
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