Last-Mile Drone Delivery

The cluster discusses using drones for last-mile package delivery, including proposals like delivery trucks as mobile drone launch platforms, debates on scalability versus human drivers, and applications in urban, rural, or low-infrastructure areas.

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Ancalagon May 24, 2022 View on HN

hows it less scalable than hiring delivery drivers? esp if they have large drones capable of delivering multiple packages?

zoklet-enjoyer Oct 2, 2025 View on HN

The solution is don't use delivery drones.

strictnein Apr 19, 2016 View on HN

Wouldn't Amazon's same day delivery "fleet" be better suited for something like that?

quantified Jun 30, 2022 View on HN

Fleet of drones can deliver it.

maxerickson Jun 7, 2020 View on HN

They are doing high value deliveries in low infrastructure environments.I live in a rural region in the US and can pretty much drive anywhere within 50 miles in about an hour, with hundreds of pounds of whatever. There's no market for slightly faster deliveries of 3 pounds.

Egregore Nov 4, 2012 View on HN

I wonder if this can be used in delivery of goods inside a city.

bdamm Sep 19, 2019 View on HN

These trucks are solving the "last mile" delivery. Do you see many USPS delivery vans on the highway? That's the market.

sn_master Mar 26, 2021 View on HN

How to take humans out of the equation? Use drones to make the deliveries?!

deftnerd Jan 3, 2014 View on HN

This problem doesn't have to be solves with warehouses. Drones are a solution to the last mile problem. Simply make delivery trucks into mobile drone launching platforms and then Amazon or UPS can drive into a neighborhood and drones will deliver all the packages light enough and the driver will deliver all the heavy ones.

corn13read2 May 10, 2024 View on HN

Now can we make delivery companies do this?