Posted on 03/07/2017 6:02:08 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
UPS tested out home delivery via drone this week in Florida, moving closer toward a more automated delivery process.
The drone took off from the roof of a modified delivery truck, equipped with a high-tech docking bay, then dropped off package before returning.
The company does not have a timeline for when drones would be put into wider use, according to Reuters. UPS said the drone deliveries could help drivers in more rural, spread-out areas....
(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...
It would seem to be a good way to avoid the dog-versus-delivery-person problem.
Beware UPS!
(hopefully)
UPS regular delivery is great!
IWe got hooked buying from Amazon.com, etc. and getting next or two-day delivery via UPS!!!! They just ring yer doorbell and there it is on yer doorstep!
And THEN.....Amazon signed an agreement w/UPS to drop off their UPS parcels @ the USPS in the wee hours of morning for eventual delivery much later in the day.
AND....ifyou live where they have cluster (gagng) boxes somewhere near your home (condos, apartments, etc.) they wege the parcel in a too small box for YOU to walk to—wrench from the box—and hump it w/a heft parcel to home!!!!!
Why would a first class outfit like Amazon.com want to be associated in any way w/the world’s most inept outfit is a mystery to me!
Dick.G: AMERICAN!
aka: Gunny G @ Planet WTF!
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