Up in the air: The next frontier for drones and flying cars
summary
Rakuten runs autonomous golf‑course deliveries using GPS navigation and image recognition that land and release packages, completing 100+ flights over a month with a 2 kg payload limit; Airbus tests the Vahana eVTOL prototype for unmanned flights this year and targets certified for human flight by 2020 after cargo trials; AirMap’s routing platform already handles 50,000 flights per day with a routing engine that factors hyper‑local obstacles, weather and rules to scale low‑altitude traffic.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction to drones and flying cars
- 1:07First drone delivery in Japan
- 4:18Air taxi prototype testing
- 6:51Airspace management challenges
- 8:41Safety of drone operations
- 9:44Future commercial uses for drones
- 12:47Regulation impact on drone growth
- 15:17Regulatory innovation and safety
- 16:00Urban air mobility potential
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