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Drone Delivery Was Supposed to be the Future. What Went Wrong?

Wendover Productions · explainer · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Wendover Productions explains why drone delivery has not become the future once promised. It covers no-fly zones, costs and the difficulty of the final drop-off.

Why Hacker News recommends it

It is the standard answer when someone asks what happened to drone delivery.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “I think that Wendover has the best summary”

    Best summary of why drone delivery stalled, especially the last-foot problem.

    CSMastermind, 2023-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: What ever happened to the “coming wave” of delivery drones?”

  2. “It was really interesting to watch.”

    Why drone delivery struggled in the US and where it works.

    ketzu, 2022-04 · Recommendation · in “Drones have transformed blood delivery in Rwanda”

  3. “This mini-documentary explains it pretty well”

    Explains no-fly zones, cost and drop-off problems for drone delivery.

    coppolaemilio, 2022-08 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What happened to drone delivery service?”

  4. “There's quite a good video on”

    Why drone delivery has not taken off despite a decade of hype.

    tim333, 2023-09 · Recommendation · in “FAA Authorizes Zipline to Deliver Commercial Packages Using Drones”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: drones, logistics, last-mile delivery, faa regulation, wendover

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