Huber said about Amazon: “They say that many packages are light – a drone can carry a kilogram for 15 minutes. If you have a vehicle that can go into a neighborhood, it can deliver from that vehicle. You need a 15-minute distance, and typical drones have about that distance.” It’s one way, he said, to make sure people are safe. “The larger the distance, the more dangerous it becomes.” Of course, safety is still a big worry – Singh points out that for a passenger airplane to be allowed to fly, it can only have one serious failure every one million hours. Drones, he said, are much less safe. “The Reaper drone, for example, has one failure in 10,000 hours,” Singh said.
What is one way to increase drone safety, according to Huber?
Have drones fly shorter distances Require drones to report their status every 15 minutes Prevent drones from delivering packages from vehicles Inspect drones more frequently