Amazon already unveiled their future drone-based delivery system a few months ago, but you didn’t think Google didn’t have something similar planned did you? It’s seems to be the perfect application for Google X Labs, and it is.
They just unveiled “Project Wing” which is exactly that. Apparently they have already conducted 30 test flights in mid August as part of the first phase. The video below shows successful deliveries to farmers in Australia.
Google’s drone design during this phase consists of a hybrid plane and a helicopter called a tail sitter. It takes off vertically, then flies around after rotating to a horizontal position. When it’s ready for delivery, it hovers and winches packages down to the ground. An “egg” detects when the package has hit the ground, then releases the delivery, and goes back up into the body of the drone.
Of course, this system isn’t completely reliable just yet, but Google feels they are well on the way to making this happen. Check out the video below and let us know what you think.
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source: The Atlantic
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