But the bigger picture here is to expand what you order from Amazon. The eventual goal would be more along the lines of small singleton items you'd run to a convenience/drug/grocery store for.
Even after you account for a minimum price to make it worthwhile, that's many, many more deliveries than UPS/FedEx does.
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I imagine much of the time the best optimization would end up being a single drone.
Yeah, with the van housing a system to swap battery packs between deliveries in densely populated areas.
Only in major urban areas where you see a UPS/Fedex truck literally go a block before stopping again would you likely see multiple drones.
But the bigger picture here is to expand what you order from Amazon. The eventual goal would be more along the lines of small singleton items you'd run to a convenience/drug/grocery store for.
Even after you account for a minimum price to make it worthwhile, that's many, many more deliveries than UPS/FedEx does.