Skip to content
0:00 / 0:00

#zipline#drones#robotics

Amazing Invention- This Drone Will Change Everything

Mark Rober

85M subscribers • 5 videos on Hallway

YouTube
  • Recommended by 5 people: 5 on Hacker News.
  • Presented by Mark Rober, YouTuber and former NASA engineer

Beginner. No background in the topic needed.

47M views3 years ago5 recommendations

HardwareSystems programmingEmbedded systemsElectronics

Mark Rober visits Zipline to explore their autonomous delivery drones, explaining their quiet propeller design and precise cable-lowered delivery mechanism.

These folks engineering a much better way to deliver your basically anything. If you want to engineer your own creations with me every month, just head to crunchlabs.com where you can get 2 boxes FREE! Again, this was not sponsored in anyway nor did they pay for any of my travel or accommodations but if you want to learn more about Zipline here is their website- flyzipline.com/ I started a company called CrunchLabs where we build a toy together and then I teach you all the juicy physics for how it works. So if you want to learn to think like an engineer and have really fun time doing it, check out the current promotion where you get 2 FREE boxes at crunchlabs.com You should also go subscribe to the CrunchLabs YouTube channel cause we’ve got some bangers in the pipeline- youtube.com/crunchlabs Thanks to these folks for providing some of the music in the video: Ponder - youtube.com/@Pondermusic Laura Shigihara - @supershigi Andrew Applepie - soundcloud.com/andrewapplepie Blue Wednesday - soundcloud.com/bluewednesday NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Promotion starts on 1/1/2023 & ends on 12/31/23, subject to monthly entry deadlines. Open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. & D.C., 18+. 1 prize per month: each month is its own separate promotion. For the first 2-3 months, winner may be notified via phone call instead of winning game piece. If a monthly prize is unclaimed/forfeited, it will be awarded via 2nd chance drawing. See Official Rules at crunchlabs.com/sweepstakes for full details on eligibility requirements, how to enter, free method of entry, prize claim procedure, prize description and limitations. Void where prohibited.

Why it's here

5 people recommend this

What people say. Recommended for its impressive look at Zipline's real-world medical drone delivery operations in Rwanda and their quiet rotor design.

programdon Hacker News • Recommends

On “High precision drone delivery using a zipline”

You can see more of Zipline drones in action in this video 0. In particular the blood and medical supply delivery operation in Rowanda (at about 2:10) is very impressive. Not just a tech demo, this is modern drones in daily operation. 0 link to this video

zefalton Hacker News • Recommends

On “Transit Study Reveals Robocars Causing Surprisingly Little Disruption on Streets”

link to this video Saw saw this video the other day. Check out the drone around 13:55 regarding noise and rotor design. The whole video is worth a watch though. The company is zipline which is mentioned in a comment above.

Flocksteron Hacker News • Recommends

On “FAA Authorizes Zipline to Deliver Commercial Packages Using Drones”

A video from Mark Rober about Zipline, to get an idea. I was very impressed when I first heard of them. link to this video

pedalpeteon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Drone startup Zipline hits 1M deliveries, looks to restaurants as it cont”

Their medical delivery stuff is so impressive link to this video , I'm a bit disappointed they weren't able to find another more valuable market than "we'll stick food in a box and get it to you faster".

lathiaton Hacker News • Recommends

On “Troubled Amazon drone delivery program faces latest challenge: Annoyed residents”

Mark Rober covered the “Zipline” drones which are near silent, unlike almost any other drone you hear. There’s a demo in the video. Done by varying the propeller design so that the noise is spread out over many frequencies instead of concentrated in the buzzy band. I also remember Apple talking about doing the same in their MacBook pro fans at one point. Varying the blade pitch from blade to blade to do the same. link to this video

sgtnoodleon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Early Remote Work Impacts on Family Formation”

On a whim I scheduled a last minute video doctor appointment today to get some antibiotics to try and knock out this infection. The doctor asked if I was able to take time off work, and I told her that I had an incredibly supportive workplace, but stretches of time off weren't my issue. My lack of sleep is due to my inability to go more than 5 minutes without having a violent coughing fit, a sick 5 month old baby, a 4 year old daughter that likes to test limits, and an exhausted wife with a broken leg and vertigo. I don't think this is actually a good anecdote in support of your stereotype? Let me tell you more about my recent personal work experiences. After taking 3 months of paid paternit…

Tade0on Hacker News • Mentions

On “World’s largest battery maker announces major breakthrough in energy density”

> During the presentation, CATL said its working with partners on the development of electric passenger aircraft practicing aviation-level standards and testing in accordance with aviation-grade safety and quality requirements. Get ready for passenger drones0, delivery drones1 and just drones in general, because this is what this breakthrough means really. 0 link 1 link to this video

jcimson Hacker News • Mentions

On “DJI Mavic 3 Pro”

Zipline has built an interesting asymmetric design that's remarkably quiet. Mark Rober featured it in one of his recent videos. link to this video

pfychon Hacker News • Mentions

On “FAA Seeks Public Input on Drone Operations”

After watching Mark Rober's video on Zipline^1 it'll be really cool to see how their technology works in the US. Hopefully the FAA can approve their operations. 1: link to this video

lathiaton Hacker News • Mentions

On “Are Gas Stoves Causing Asthma?”

I'd have to go hunt down the numbers again but the studies were claiming something like 12% of Asthma was potentially gas cooking triggered, but it could be 3% if more of them used better ventilation. It was also super common here in Australia growing up in the 90s to have gas stoves installed under the old wood stove Chimney with no active exhaust fan. That's much less common in my city now since we've built a large portion of the total housing stock since then, but it would make sense for kids in the 80s & 90s to have been maybe more affected by this than now. It's also super common in brand new 90s builds just to have a fan in the roof at roof height, the same as you'd have in a bathroom.…

ryanmerceron Hacker News • Mentions

On “Ask HN: What ever happened to the “coming wave” of delivery drones?”

I don't know if it has been shared in this thread but Mark Rober did a video earlier this year about drones actively doing medical deliveries in Africa link to this video

lathiaton Hacker News • Mentions

On “FAA Authorizes Zipline to Deliver Commercial Packages Using Drones”

They actually solved that. Watch Mark Robers video at 13m50s: link to this video However this FAA approval is apparently for the Gen1 fixed wing plane (which is quieter than a drone anyway). Their Gen2 "drone" design is barely audible.

mrtksnon Hacker News • Mentions

On “DJI announces the sub-250 gram drone mini 4 pro”

Should't be too far away, the commercial drones of Zipline are supposed to be super quiet. Here is video demonstrating the tech: link to this video

anarticleon Hacker News • Mentions

On “An Underground Lunch Delivery Train Comes to the Atlanta Suburbs”

Looks interesting, trenching that will probably not be fun. Hope it works out, esp getting city to work with them. The first one to solve this idea is probably the next trillion dollar company. Surprised no one has mentioned Zipline yet, the drone startup that got their start in Rwanda with gliders delivering blood by air. They went on to make a quiet drone that uses a cable attached pod to accurately place deliveries: link to this video

bayindirhon Hacker News • Mentions

On “What went wrong at Techstars”

Zipline also delivers on-demand blood to hospitals in Africa over forests 0 in a consistent and time-constrained manner. I don't think Amazon can or want to compete with them on that space. They are not in "here's your hamburger" business only. 0: link to this video

ElijahLynnon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Airbus electric air taxi makes its debut”

Sound is my biggest concern too, seconded by visual pollution of the sky. The first concern has some hope, as there are some new innovations in drone noise reduction. One company is Zipline, here is Mark Rober explaining how they are quieter, with a demo. * link to this video (Amazing Invention- This Drone Will Change Everything - Mark Rober) * link (How Do Zipline's Silent Propellers Work?) Another company is Wing link (owned by Alphabet) > link