In a country that values personal freedoms, robotic delivery systems may have some more hurdles to clear before they are widely accepted
Big retailers and home delivery services eager to improve efficiencies by employing robotics are learning the hard way what happens when technology meets culture and common sense. It’s not pretty.
Bravo, not because the culprits are breaking the law with such extreme acts, but because their pushback calls out yet another example of gratuitous use ofOf course, it’s easy to blame this behaviour on a pop culture filled with stories about machines taking over the world. It’s also intellectually lazy to characterize this as yet another example of a gun-happy culture whose first reaction to anything that comes close to infringing on individual rights and freedoms is to shoot it.
If you live in a suburban neighbourhood, you’re painfully aware of the daily traffic jam of delivery trucks from Amazon Prime, FedEx, UPS, DHL, the retailers themselves and the postal service. Add to that the cars and trucks used by food-delivery companies such as DoorDash and Instacart and there’s barely enough room for residents’ cars.
That is, if the weather is good. In stormy weather, drones will be grounded and robotic carts won’t be able to make it through deep puddles or snowbound streets. But deliveries will still need to be made, so expect more cars and trucks. There’s no question drones have an important place in our lives. In some cases, they have become critical tools that can do more than any human. But they don’t always make sense – or need to make sense.
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