7-Eleven Just Used a Drone To Deliver Slurpees and a Chicken Sandwich (roboticstrends.com) 117
An anonymous Slashdot reader write:
A drone has autonomously delivered Slurpees, a chicken sandwich, doughnuts, hot coffee and candy from a Reno, Nevada 7-Eleven to a nearby home. The delivery was made "in a matter of minutes" to two busy working parents near their store in Reno, Nevada, and the drone hovered in place and gently lowered each package to the ground in the family's backyard.
"To find customers willing to have their order handled by a flying robot, the companies surveyed households within a one-mile radius of the store from which they planned to deliver," reports Tech Crunch. 7-Eleven partnered with drone-delivery company Flirtey, which has also used its drones to perform a ship-to-shore delivery of medical supplies . They're calling this flight the first FAA-approved drone delivery to a home and a historic milestone in commercial deliveries, and both companies plan to continue working together in the future to perform more testing on drone deliveries.
"To find customers willing to have their order handled by a flying robot, the companies surveyed households within a one-mile radius of the store from which they planned to deliver," reports Tech Crunch. 7-Eleven partnered with drone-delivery company Flirtey, which has also used its drones to perform a ship-to-shore delivery of medical supplies . They're calling this flight the first FAA-approved drone delivery to a home and a historic milestone in commercial deliveries, and both companies plan to continue working together in the future to perform more testing on drone deliveries.
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You think you can just go around government controls, unions, regulations with your free market innovations?
7-11 is big.
I'm sure they'll make the proper bribes^H^H^H^H^H^Hcampaign contributions to sway the minds of our "elected representatives".
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Tell that to all the Walmarts in Texas that can't sell booze.
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Tell that to all the Walmarts in Texas that can't sell booze.
That's because of already-established "interests" that have "pre-bribed" our "elected representatives" in order to keep their monopoly.
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Tell that to all the Walmarts in Texas that can't sell booze.
That's because of already-established "interests" that have "pre-bribed" our "elected representatives" in order to keep their monopoly.
They sell booze at the Walmart near my home in south Texas. HUGE isle full of beer/wine/coolers/whatnot. Since I don't drink I don't know if they sell hard alcohol and I'm not sure if that is what you mean, But they do sell "booze" down here in Walmart.
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Texas, like Mississippi, still has "dry counties". In Mississippi, anything beyond beer has to be sold in a licensed facility that does not allow anyone below 21 years old to enter. I can't remember what county Nagodoches, Texas, is in but when I was there on a business trip a few years ago; you had to "purchase a membership" in a private club to be able to buy an alcoholic beverage.
It isn't worth it for Walmart or 7-11 to try and change local laws and would aggravate the local church ladies to no end
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posting to undo moderation
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You can re-bribe the pre-bribed and swing them around to your point of view. Sometimes you need to hold a public referendum, which is sort of the ultimate bribe where you have to go out with advertising and convince the public to vote for what you want.
Re:Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... (Score:5, Interesting)
Tell that to all the Walmarts in Texas that can't sell booze.
That's due to religious oppression, not government. My county finally went wet after a long battle, spanning multiple voting cycles, with the religious fucks around here. You know what? The devil didn't set up camp on the County Courthouse like you'd though would happen according the them. As a matter of fact, the majority of crime is still committed by meth heads and there has been little to no change in alcohol related incidents. Still can't buy alcohol on Sundays though.. Fucking religious nuts pushing their beliefs on everyone else, then crying oppression when we try to do demand our right to do something they don't approve of.
Sorry 'bout that... /rant
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Rant away.
It goes back to prohibition. When prohibition was repealed; many states made liquor sales "local option". In other words, the local people decide if they want liquor sales in their jurisdiction.
Personally, I think adults should be expected to behave in an adult manner. On the flip side, I'm a huge believer in local government instead of draconian controls from massive bureaucracy. I'm willing to drive to the next county over for a bottle of rum if I like and politic for legalizing in my county
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Okay, but they don't get to out-vote the people who actually live in the dry county.
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(Please stop moding this guy down, even though an AC, he is right)
There were rumors that at least one of the license owners from the closest wet county, who now owns one of the three licenses (one license holder can own multiple businesses but the number of licenses is determined by population) in the county, was helping, but it was well know and publicized that the local churches were the major force behind it.
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(Please stop moding this guy down, even though an AC, he is right)
Nobody modded the AC down. Click on the Score:0 and you'll see there's no moderation. AC's start at 0 by default, unlike users with good karma, who might start at 1 or 2.
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Churches....
Reminds me of an old joke... The Southern Baptist Convention is totally against pre-marital sex because it could lead to drinking, card playing, and (heaven forbid) dancing.
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and they hide under the system of franchises to shift the blame.
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And some still wonder why the states runs like a 3rd world country. This is why.
Re: Taxes and laws in 3,2,1... (Score:2)
Birds regulate their use of airspace quite well. There are rarely any crashes, excepting human error. Aerobots should emulate birds rather than try for some sort of central control - imperfect attempts at control only produce chaos.
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...and birds don't even drop free donuts when you shoot them!
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You think you can just go around government controls, unions, regulations with your free market innovations?
You think you can just fly a heavy object through other people's property without certain preparations and considerations of your actions?
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Boo on you! Can't you relax for even a minute?
Back on topic:
Lowering the chicken sandwich to the ground? Nice way to attract all the neighborhood cats. You'd better be faster than they are to pick it up.
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Of course (Score:3)
I guess they had to find some way of cutting costs now that they can no longer underpay staff and take advantage of desperate foreign workers. [businessinsider.com.au]
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Well, I wouldn't say humans had a good run, but we made our share of noise and hoopla. Glad we're gonna be extinct though, a species that subsists on celebrity gossip and other modern-day idiocies isn't really one that is worth much in the end.
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a species that subsists on celebrity gossip and other modern-day idiocies isn't really one that is worth much in the end.
What should a species 'subsist' on? You know, just wondering
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But if you think bread and circuses
Bread and Circus is really just basic income with a Netflix subscription thrown in (or what passed for Netflix in their day. Really: read some history).
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Ideally things functional, insight-provoking, empathy-evoking, or maybe, just maybe, things constructive.
Sounds like a TED talk is your preferred form of entertainment.
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OMG, it's about 100 fucking degrees right now, I so need a Slurpee right now... Damn you EditorDavid and your stupid click bait posts!!!
I usually like the warmth and can tolerare the heat but I'm feeling super bitchy right now, cause it's so god damn hot. Maybe it's manapause. Oh well. Also, no thanks for the chicken sandwich, don't want that.
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Only 100 F, you panty waist. It was 105 F here by 0930 and will likely reach 115 F today. That said by the time they got the slurpee to me it would be warm sugar water :( On days like this I question the wisdom of accepting a contract in Yuma AZ, though the AC indoors works like a champ.
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Can't argue that point, although when the temp exceeds 115 F it is horrific in any case. The humidity rarely exceeds 30% here thankfully. We have a pool cooler here that gets more use than the pool heater ever does.
Here's 7-11 for you (Score:3)
http://vancouversun.com/news/l... [vancouversun.com]
Re: Here's 7-11 for you (Score:3)
7-11 in the US and 7-11 in Canada are pretty different.
Here in Canada the stores are owned by 7-11 Canada. This helps with things like pensions, medical/dental/drug benefits. (Source: my wife works at the 7-11 across from my house).
In the US, all stores are independently owned.
And, to be honest, that story is more about Esso being a bunch of pricks and selling off their retail/convenience stores, not that 7-11 Canada purchased them.
Does anyone else fear for our future, (Score:1)
with this article, preceded slightly by the one headlined "Laser-Armed Martian Robot Now Vaporizing Targets of Its Own Free Will"
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with this article, preceded slightly by the one headlined "Laser-Armed Martian Robot Now Vaporizing Targets of Its Own Free Will"
What? That's practically the most accurate headline I've ever seen!
Downsides (Score:3)
The downside is that you have to be willing to consume food from 7-11, which is maybe one notch above bowling alley food.
In the States yeah (Score:2)
Falling problems (Score:4, Funny)
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We already have a problem with actual planes falling out of the sky and hitting people on the head.
Although I havent heard anyone complaining about that.
Must not be the current trendy thing for the media to talk about.
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We already have a problem with actual planes falling out of the sky and hitting people on the head.
When was the last time that happened?
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Donnie Darko was a documentary.
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Thanks I missed that one.
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Most recent ground strike I could find was near the end of last year. http://america.aljazeera.com/a... [aljazeera.com]
Hitting homes is however much more common such as yesterday. http://pix11.com/2016/07/23/1-... [pix11.com]
Its a small problem but a problem none the less.
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There was another "blue meteor" incident a couple of months ago. From what I can see is that the problem with things hitting people on the head only really occurs with frequency on the flight path coming into aircraft repair facilities.
BTW... blue meteor... when the external holding tank valve has a slow leak and the blue toilet water freezes on the outside of the aircraft. It thaws and drops off when descending for a landing in warmer ground air.
A rare but documented problem.
https://en.w
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Let's ask Chicken Little
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If drone delivery becomes common, is there going to be a problem with drones falling from the sky and hitting people on the head?
Have you been worrying yourself about ground-based delivery and shipping vehicles striking and killing people? No? Why not? Road-related injuries and deaths happen all the time, and some of them involve commercial delivery vehicles.
In the meantime, millions of people fly remotely operated small aircraft, with untold millions of hours in the air and more or less statistically non-existent rate of people on the ground getting hurt. And that hasn't even really involved more expense, professionally operated
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In the meantime, millions of people fly remotely operated small aircraft, with untold millions of hours in the air and more or less statistically non-existent rate of people on the ground getting hurt.
That's because they don't fly through populated areas.
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That's because they don't fly through populated areas.
What? People operate these machines in suburban and busy areas all the time. Millions of them. Most operators are very casual and have very little skill, while using easy-to-fail devices with little or no redundancy or ability to tolerate even mild LiPo failure. And despite all of that, all of the mayhem that the hand-wringing nanny-staters keep talking about... doesn't happen.
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But 99% (my estimate) of flying happens outside of occupied locations. Few people are flying from one side of a metro area to the other. If you fly from NYC to Buffalo, most of your air time is over unpopulated farmland in upstate New York. If you eliminate most of the flight time that happens outside of metro areas, the number of accidents per mile are probably not so insignificant as the statistics indicate.
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Check the FAA rules on drones.
"Hobby" drones don't require a license. A hobby drone cannot be operated over another person's property, must stay in line of sight, are forbidden from coming near airports (without permission) or areas where people congregate (festivals, sporting events, etc.). A hobby drone is severely limited as to payload capacity,
These are the type of drones that often cause problems with improper operation. Remember when SoCal had to abort firefighting a
I'll be shooting them out of the sky for free shit (Score:2, Funny)
Because that's apparently going to be viable soon, yay.
Re: I'll be shooting them out of the sky for free (Score:2)
Currently you can carjack delivery vans in front of your house if you just want "free shit" and have no moral virtues. What's holding you back?
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Carjacking is a risky crime that requires making physical threats to actual people face to face and in some cases encountering serious resistance. Hardly the same level of criminality is required to shoot or otherwise damage a drone, forcing it to the ground.
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Carjacking is a risky crime that requires making physical threats to actual people face to face
Then wait till after they make their delivery, and just steal the stuff from your neighbor's front porch or mailbox. What's stopping you? There are plenty of human endeavors that rely on people being basically honest, and for the most part, they work. If your mail isn't stolen, they why would drone deliveries be stolen?
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The postal system was established by the Constitution and interfering with the delivery of the mail is a federal offense with penalties of up to 5 years in federal prison and $250,000 in fines. UPS, FedEx, Amazon and other companies won't enjoy that level of protection.
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Does this mean 7-11 just made the first ever drone delivery of a commercial sale?
If so Way To Go 7-11 !!!!
I would have put money on Amazon being the first.
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Probably, the FAA will be knocking on their door in 3.... 2.... 1.....
the biggest problem I see (Score:5, Funny)
Re:the biggest problem I see (Score:4, Insightful)
Ignorant Posters (Score:5, Informative)
The article has been up for over 1.5 hours with 40 posts and no one has noticed that the first link isn't actually a link.
How do I submit an application for a Slashdot editor position? I'd love to do nothing all day and get paid for it.
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The article has been up for over 1.5 hours with 40 posts and no one has noticed that the first link isn't actually a link.
How do I submit an application for a Slashdot editor position? I'd love to do nothing all day and get paid for it.
Dude.
This is /.
You're not supposed to read the articles. You're just supposed to post snarky comments about the OP's text!
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The article has been up for over 1.5 hours with 40 posts and no one has noticed that the first link isn't actually a link.
How do I submit an application for a Slashdot editor position? I'd love to do nothing all day and get paid for it.
They've been hiring for a while and haven't been able to fill those positions. Click here for more information. [slashdot.org]
I thought we had laws against this (Score:3)
I live in Reno - this was a PR stunt (Score:1)
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I did this a long time ago (Score:2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com] 2014
so what? old news.
First Delivery to 7-11 (Score:2)
Do not want (Score:2)
Drone deliveries from 7-11? Ugh. That's a bit like learning you're finally going to lose your virginity, and then finding out it's going to be with Uncle Bob.
Freedom to choose (Score:2)
"Oh thank Heaven for 7-11!"
If a drone DELIVERS a slurpee... (Score:1)