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A Shanghai company is using drones to deliver cakes. According to the Shanghai Daily, Incake Company delivered cakes by flying robot, then suspended the service after police officials complained that the drones posed a threat to public safety.
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), colloquially known as a drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot on board. Its flight is controlled either autonomously by computers in the vehicle or under the remote control of a pilot on the ground or in another vehicle.
Originally posted by PhoenixOD
Are these really drones? Or are they just RC quadcopters with cameras fitted to them?
Originally posted by PhoenixODAre these really drones? Or are they just RC quadcopters with cameras fitted to them?
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), colloquially known as a drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot on board. Its flight is controlled either autonomously by computers in the vehicle or under the remote control of a pilot on the ground or in another vehicle.
Originally posted by TheEthicalSkeptic
Originally posted by PhoenixODAre these really drones? Or are they just RC quadcopters with cameras fitted to them?
Great point Phoenix. If these guys have automated the craft for cake delivery, then they need to stop delivering cakes and do craft automation instead because they are wasting their time with flour and yeast and ovens and frosting.
Originally posted by AngeIs
Why would they stop this, seems safe enough to me, its just another awesome thing the government wants to control
Originally posted by AngeIs
Why would they stop this, seems safe enough to me, its just another awesome thing the government wants to control