Drones may be the cooler and safer method to deliver stuff into people’s homes especially during these trying times. There’s just one problem, however. They have a short battery life, and a very limited flight range, only capable of flying for about half an hour per battery charge. With these factors in mind, scientists now look for ways in order to conserve a drone’s battery, which thereby increases a drone’s effective flight range. One suggestion that they have is that drones hitch rides on top of public buses.
Led by associate professors Mykel Kochenderfer and Marco Pavone, a team at Stanford University started by creating computer models in which drones were making deliveries in North San Francisco and Washington, DC. These models incorporated the existing public bus networks, with up to 200 drones per city delivering as many as 5,000 packages.
Through their study, the scientists found out that through this method, drones could quadruple their effective flight range.
Check out New Atlas to know more about this study.
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i duno, all those drones flying around. Seems like it just adds a layer of chaos we just dont need.
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