On a lunch break last month, a small custom-built octacopter made a 10-minute flight through the city of Guildford, outside of London. Its special cargo: two large pepperoni pizzas.
The delivery was masterminded by a T + Biscuits, an English creative agency that was hired by Domino's to test prototypes. Read more here
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Some footage from the test
Dominos Domicopter Test from AeroSight on Vimeo.
Jay lenos take on the video
My dad sent me this and thought I'd find it funny. I was disappointed by the amount of Bill Cosby in the video.
The response has been quite unbelievable. I knew it would go viral, but it has exceeded my expectations.
I am on it :)
It wasn`t Guildford but close... :)
I love the reactions to videos like this.
Imagine telling the people watching the first Wright Brothers flight that in 20 years there would be commercial airlines with indoor seating with safety belts.
Cool, Domino's new camera teleportation technology, nice!
(cam02 front boom to the front-right boom, then to the back boom, and so forth).
Well obviously it's "faked".
The autopilot system is a DJI WKM (easy to spot when you see the silver status LED block), and while you can upgrade the system to get waypoint navigation, there is no support for auto landing and takeoff positions other then home. But that's not the point when you are just trying to demonstrate a concept and generate public awareness.
. . . pretty well staged, though, I have to say.
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