Yeah the noise I heard is the biggest hurdle. Not so much them dropping out of the sky, or pets attacking them and getting magled.
I think silent, safe, quick and cheap drone delivery would be really nice, since all kinds of delivery work should be automated, but especially in urban areas there are problems.
An Irish drone delivery company Manna has been getting lots of complaints, apparently its not much fun living beside its base of operations.
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/0820/1529313-drone-planning-dublin/
Yeah the noise I heard is the biggest hurdle. Not so much them dropping out of the sky, or pets attacking them and getting magled.
I think silent, safe, quick and cheap drone delivery would be really nice, since all kinds of delivery work should be automated, but especially in urban areas there are problems.
Having birdsong interrupted by 50db buzzing on a nice Sunday afternoon because my shithead neighbor ordered a latte
Hell yes it’s techbro time