First tests with drones sharing Google
Water, dog food and first aid kits. Those are the first deliveries of the “autonomous flight vehicles,” as called Google announced their new drones. They are part of Project Wing (Wing project in Spanish), the first tests have taken place in Australia and Namibia. Says a spokesperson, have nothing to do with his project to bring Internet Emergency disadvantaged countries, but intend to cover efficiently delivering objects over large sparsely populated. The mind is the proposal to hand Jeff Bezos of Amazon purchases. However, Google does not intend to sell anything or use in urban areas, the great obstacle to the retail giant, but implement it where roads, trains or planes do not arrive.
The unique design is a structure of light and aerodynamic fiber, four helices at the top and a hole in the center to carry the load you want to carry. It takes off like a helicopter, vertically, and once it reaches the proper height, horizontal plans. Inside hides needed to connect remotely to servers that control technology. Routes are determined in advance, but is able to adapt to weather changes by changing the route.
Just like Google Goggles, is one of the projects in principle crazy, coming out of the mind of the co-founder, Sergey Brin. During their two-week summer vacation he went to Australia to check on the spot if it was viable or not your ultimate fantasy. The results, and the fact that they have brought to light, they do so.
The idea was hatched in late 2011 was not until July 2012 when they were able to sign Nick Roy, an aeronautical engineer at MIT, engaged in a project to carry defibrillators in seconds. This had developed a hybrid, capable of flying but also of moving vehicles. It was just the starting point. In 2013 the decision wings that Google would only and exclusively took flying.
According to the scientist, the devices are able to move away between 40 and 60 meters away from the obstacles around and “does not look anything like those toys that weekends are used in the parks.”
A farm outside of Warwick, more than 160 kilometers Brisbane, has served as a test of these prototypes. Google argues that the love of innovation in this region and its open skies, they did the right place for it, as well as large swings in wind, temperature and humidity within hours. What does not show is that it is one of the places in the world with more lax laws in this field.
The playful look, very casual, permeates every milestone in Google. They would be less this time, so the first object was transported a chocolate bar just a kilometer away. The neighbor gave him a bag with & lt; i & gt; snack & lt; / i & gt; in gratitude few minutes later. Then they exchanged goodies for their dogs, “lest to be jealous.” All very nice, but it fits with some of the project’s stated purpose is to reach more safely, cheaply and efficiently where they do no other means of transportation. The following items, to 30, took livestock vaccines and kits Emergency
Brin threat. “We’re back in California, ready to do evidence in the form of adventures. “
For now, neither autonomy nor how to recharge the devices are not concrete, but prefer to do a breakdown of the problems they solve. According to a World Bank report, only 13% of Peru’s roads are well paved. Google insists it will be of great help in case of natural disasters to provide batteries, phones, water and food.
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