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marcramirezz t1_istkvau wrote

Doesn't matter by the time full autonomous vehicles come, people will just start robbing the robots since they don't have a job...

Problem solved

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lughnasadh OP t1_istcv32 wrote

Submission Statement

Neither company is giving much detail on the reasons why. From the little they say it appears they both believe the technology will eventually work, but it doesn't seem to be happening "near term" enough.

It's interesting to compare this with middle mile robot delivery. Middle mile refers to trips between two fixed points. A major distribution center and its end retail locations for example. That finally appears to be arriving, with Level 4 vehicles traveling from fixed point to fixed point without safety drivers now a reality.

Who knows how long we may have to wait for true level 5 autonomous robotic driving, but if Amazon & FedEx can't make it work soon with small, slow robots, it seems it will be Level 4 robotic vehicles reshaping transport and logistics first for some time.

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Test19s t1_isu38kd wrote

Friendship ended with robot loot boxes

Robot trucks are new best friend

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TetsujinTonbo t1_isv5jz3 wrote

Pretty sure they plan to just re-engineer their level 4 vehicles with a package launcher a la paperboy when level 5 systems come online.

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Scope_Dog t1_isu0w1a wrote

Aw, a bit of sad news for robot enthusiasts. Hopefully work on Digit continues. (The bipedal delivery robot.)

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FuturologyBot t1_istwrlc wrote

The following submission statement was provided by /u/lughnasadh:

Submission Statement

Neither company is giving much detail on the reasons why. From the little they say it appears they both believe the technology will eventually work, but it doesn't seem to be happening "near term" enough.

It's interesting to compare this with middle mile robot delivery. Middle mile refers to trips between two fixed points. A major distribution center and its end retail locations for example. That finally appears to be arriving, with Level 4 vehicles traveling from fixed point to fixed point without safety drivers now a reality.

Who knows how long we may have to wait for true level 5 autonomous robotic driving, but if Amazon & FedEx can't make it work soon with small, slow robots, it seems it will be Level 4 robotic vehicles reshaping transport and logistics first for some time.

Please reply to OP's comment here: https://old.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/y7ahgo/as_middlemile_autonomous_robotic_delivery_finally/istcv32/

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