amazon explains how their drone service will work

[techguru]

this is such a stupid idea....these will be shot down

hell I probably will shot one down if I see it...so I can get whatever package its carrying

[pixeldensity]

with everybody talking about how  the drone will be shot down, i'm sure amazon has already thought of that scenario and is coming up with a plan to counter it.

[SSL]

this is such a stupid idea....these will be shot down

hell I probably will shot one down if I see it...so I can get whatever package its carrying

 

He's joking right? I hear this argument all the time when Drone delivery is mentioned. As a civilized society, we've managed to get along pretty well allowing parcels to be delivered. We don't see many postmen being robbed at gunpoint, we don't see many delivery drivers being mugged. Why do people think if drones are involved everybody is gonna lose their shit and start shooting them? Haha.

 

Here's some food for thought: mailboxes exist.

 

Do I need to elaborate? If you think that you can get away with shooting down a courier drone, please test that theory by robbing a mailbox or two. Let me know how it works out.

[Murdoch]

Because you're shooting down a drone, not a person. This'll just make it incredibly easy, especially if you don't live in a dense populated area with no one around to watch. Just comes down to how desperate people are.

 

Civilized or not, there are plenty of buffoons on this planet that would not hesitate to commit such an act. 

 

And also, you're comparing a drone to human beings? 

 

I'm obviously not comparing drones to human beings. That was not an exhaustive list of examples, mine just happened to contain a human element. See SSL's comment for more.

 

There are countless other examples of people not thieving so much that it causes a systemic problem. Which brings me back to the civilized society part, we have deterrents, we have laws, we have a moral code of conduct. We've made it this far, I'm yet to be convinced Drone delivery systems will throw us in to anarchy.

 

Edit: Besides, I'm pretty sure Barnacules was joking.

[Dezz]

*searches for the video of anti-drone gun that could force the drone to land*

[techguru]

Here's some food for thought: mailboxes exist.

 

Do I need to elaborate? If you think that you can get away with shooting down a courier drone, please test that theory by robbing a mailbox or two. Let me know how it works out.

this has nothing to do with this

shooting down a drone would be easy unless it flys at such a high altitude you can't see it..or hit it....but thats not what these will do...they will probably fly at a few hundred meters

[Kamina]

I will hack them and hijack it to my house.

[Psykomantis00]

I sure hope these things fly very ​​high​, otherwise we're going to hear endless stories on the news about stolen packages. One could easily shoot it down.

Totally. For sure someone will discharge a firearm in a residential area and cause property damage to a moving, flying object that costs thousands of dollars so they can steal a package with unknown contents with a size/weight limit that also records audio/video/gps location.

 

That sounds so much easier and less illegal than just walking to your front door and stealing the package and driving off. 

[byalexandr]

Totally. For sure someone will discharge a firearm in a residential area and cause property damage to a moving, flying object that costs thousands of dollars so they can steal a package with unknown contents with a size/weight limit that also records audio/video/gps location.

That sounds so much easier and less illegal than just walking to your front door and stealing the package and driving off.

Rednecks will be rednecks. Stealing a package off of someone's door and shooting something out of the sky are two very different things.

[dalekphalm]

Because you're shooting down a drone, not a person. This'll just make it incredibly easy, especially if you don't live in a dense populated area with no one around to watch. Just comes down to how desperate people are.

Well, for starters, these will NOT be operating in "sparsely populated areas". You'll have to live within 15 miles of one of their major warehouses. That pretty much guarantees you'll be in or right outside some of the largest cities in the continental US.

 

I highly doubt these drones will become economic enough to replace standard courier infrastructure for normal long range deliveries.

 

this is such a stupid idea....these will be shot down

hell I probably will shot one down if I see it...so I can get whatever package its carrying

Why would you do that? That sounds, well... stupid. And a huge risk for you for what? A couple hundred bucks worth of merchandise at best? The punishment if/when caught will likely be into the thousands of dollars - if not worse, considering the risk to human life from shooting a 50 lbs drone out of the sky.

 

Here's some food for thought: mailboxes exist.

 

Do I need to elaborate? If you think that you can get away with shooting down a courier drone, please test that theory by robbing a mailbox or two. Let me know how it works out.

Exactly. Robbing a mailbox is much easier and much less risky (to surrounding property damage and human risk from a giant piece of plastic and metal falling from the sky).

 

I can see some novel crime because it's "cool" to shoot down a drone, but I also see Amazon pursuing the culprits extremely vigorously.

 

this has nothing to do with this

shooting down a drone would be easy unless it flys at such a high altitude you can't see it..or hit it....but thats not what these will do...they will probably fly at a few hundred meters

How does one have nothing to do with the other? They both carry and/or store parcels (Which, you would think, is the point of shooting said drone down).

 

Also, how will that be easy? Shooting a moving target, at range, at altitude? I don't think so. Not the average shooter, and certainly not without using a ton of ammo. About the only times it would be easy to shoot one down is when they are landing or taking off. And at that point, your risk of getting caught and/or killing someone with falling debris would be much higher, and your chance of actually getting the goods is much lower.

 

Totally. For sure someone will discharge a firearm in a residential area and cause property damage to a moving, flying object that costs thousands of dollars so they can steal a package with unknown contents with a size/weight limit that also records audio/video/gps location.

 

That sounds so much easier and less illegal than just walking to your front door and stealing the package and driving off. 

Agreed. Anyone who actually tries to shoot down an Amazon drone is an idiot, and a danger to society. I highly doubt we're going to see them shot down in droves. A couple? Possibly. But not enough to make them stop the program.

[SSL]

this has nothing to do with this

shooting down a drone would be easy unless it flys at such a high altitude you can't see it..or hit it....but thats not what these will do...they will probably fly at a few hundred meters

 

Please explain why it has nothing to do with this. See, the way an argument works is that you present a premise and then reasons or evidence.

 

Mailbox robbery is relevant because they can contain mail or packages, just like a courier drone, and can easily be looted or vandalized, just like a drone - probably moreso. Consider that the drone will have at minimum realtime positional data, and probably video as well. Amazon will know immediately if a drone is in distress and can then file a police report within a very short time.

 

So please, continue to "argue" that people shooting down drones will be a serious ongoing problem.

[MrTiC]

All i could think of was MOAR POWAAAAAAAH

[NumLock21]

Do you need to put that Amazon logo mat on the ground for the drone to land?

[dalekphalm]

Do you need to put that Amazon logo mat on the ground for the drone to land?

Yes, that's how the drone knows where your landing zone is. It will of course also use sensors to determine that the landing zone is clear and safe. It will probably also check GPS coordinates to make sure the Amazon Mat is in the right property.

[Acolyte_of_PC]

well the video shows the customer confirming a prompt that they are home and that the drone is safe to land, this and the landing pad would be some of the ways amazon would be attempting to limit theft and harm to ppl on the ground. pretty much meaning that if it lands and leaves your package  un-supervised its the customers fault at that point if it gets stolen. Plus most people are not going to be stealing in these urban areas, especially if someone is right their waiting for the drone to land with their package.

[farhanorakzai]

In regards to the argument of drones getting shot down, I think maybe one or two idiots will shoot them down, but they will be caught swiftly (drones are GPS/camera equipped) and amazon will prosecute to the fullest extent to make an example

[NumLock21]

Yes, that's how the drone knows where your landing zone is. It will of course also use sensors to determine that the landing zone is clear and safe. It will probably also check GPS coordinates to make sure the Amazon Mat is in the right property.

I wonder if that thing will get confused say 2 neighbors who lives next to each other, both ordered at the same time and put their amazon mats in the back yard, ha ha.

 

In regards to the argument of drones getting shot down, I think maybe one or two idiots will shoot them down, but they will be caught swiftly (drones are GPS/camera equipped) and amazon will prosecute to the fullest extent to make an example

[Michael McAllister]

Barnacles is as dumb as he is large.

 

You can disagree with someone without being an ass.

[Fetzie]

Here's some food for thought: mailboxes exist.

 

Do I need to elaborate? If you think that you can get away with shooting down a courier drone, please test that theory by robbing a mailbox or two. Let me know how it works out.

 

Amazon could probably just ban people from delivering to the address from which the drone was shot down.

 

I was disappointed that Clarkson didn't say " this is the fastest delivery system ... in the world!"

[farhanorakzai]

I wonder if that thing will get confused say 2 neighbors who lives next to each other, both ordered at the same time and put their amazon mats in the back yard, ha ha.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YVpPqDGMyU

That seems pretty extreme for pointing a laser

[Murdoch]

That seems pretty extreme for pointing a laser

 

They merged two separate videos.

[farhanorakzai]

They merged two separate videos.

Oh, lol

[sandboarder08]

This would replace about no jobs in the future. They can't even get a amazon website up in most European countries. UPS (I also worked for) caN deliver 50 stops in one morning per driver. Also up to 70kilo packages. Not counting places with wires and heavy cities.

[dalekphalm]

This would replace about no jobs in the future. They can't even get a amazon website up in most European countries. UPS (I also worked for) caN deliver 50 stops in one morning per driver. Also up to 70kilo packages. Not counting places with wires and heavy cities.

Indeed, this drone delivery service will not take away from standard courier deliveries. Rather, it'll be for those ultra time sensitive orders. Keep in mind, the delivery fee for one of these is going to be insane.

[syoumans54]

Indeed, this drone delivery service will not take away from standard courier deliveries. Rather, it'll be for those ultra time sensitive orders. Keep in mind, the delivery fee for one of these is going to be insane.

Hard to say what the delivery costs will be.... It could be free for all we know. Right now I get same day delivery on some items for free where other places would charge an arm and a leg.