Patent pending: Amazon pitches ‘collective’ drones, Walmart eyes dynamic shipping speed display
For Amazon, little drones could do some heavy lifting.
That’s what a patent application published Jan. 19 suggests, with drones coming together to deliver larger orders. The filing details a “collective” drone, or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), that transports a wide range of items by not being limited to the capabilities of a single drone.
“For example, rather than using one large UAV to carry a larger or heavier item, multiple smaller UAVs may couple together to form a...
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