Google also wants to arrange the delivery with the help of drones
Google designed and tested autonomous vehicles that will be used for delivery of goods, BBC News reported on Friday night. The project is a research unit of the company - Google X, which is also responsible for the development of self-governing car. Work on the aircraft has been ongoing for two years, but until now has been kept secret. At Google, declare that, in the long term, expect to use drones for disaster management, delivering goods to isolated areas.
Such devices can be used after earthquakes, floods or extreme weather conditions, to carry medicines, food or batteries in areas that are inaccessible to conventional vehicles. Originally conceived as a means of machine delivery defibrillators people with suspected heart attack. The idea was that the UAV can carry the necessary equipment faster than an ambulance. device successfully tested in Australia. Its wingspan of 1.5 meters, weight (with maximum load) - 8.5 kilograms.
He is driven by four propellers. Earlier this year, the online retailer Amazon has presented a project to use drones to deliver small goods purchased via the Internet. In the Amazon say that the UAV can quickly deliver the order to the consumer, and the device itself requires playground just a couple of square meters to make a landing and subsequent takeoff.
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