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Pizza drones are go! Domino's gets NZ drone delivery OK

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Dalek

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Pizza drones are go! Domino's gets NZ drone delivery OK

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Aerial pizza delivery may sound futuristic but Domino's has been given the green light to test New Zealand pizza delivery via drones.

The fast food chain has partnered with drone business Flirtey to launch the first commercial drone delivery service in the world, starting later this year.

Domino's Group chief executive and managing director, Don Meij said the company had been investigating innovative and new delivery methods as business had grown.

This included looking at robotic delivery, which the government is still considering.

Details around where the trial would be held have been kept under wraps - however Domino's said it would use drone delivery alongside its usual delivery methods - and only where it would be faster than the use of a car or scooter.

It will offer drone delivery specials at the launch of the trial with plans to extend the dimensions, weight and distance of the deliveries throughout the trial, based on results and customer feedback.

The company will not offer the full range of its products for drone delivery - and only those customers within a certain distance from a store will be served from the air.
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If it is successful the company plans to extend the delivery method to six other markets - Australia, Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Japan and Germany.
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_Ryo_

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So what is there to stop someone from throwing a rock at it or shooting it down for free..er. stolen pizza?
 
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-Silver-

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_Ryo_ said:
So what is there to stop someone from throwing a rock at it or shooting it down for free..er. stolen pizza?
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Height. They might fly too high for someone to throw a rock at it, although guns are a different matter. The only time they could be low enough to hit with a rock is either when it's leaving Dominoes or landing to drop the pizza off.
 
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CrunchyFrog

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SaganIsGOAT said:
Jail?
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You'd probably have to require a credit card for drone delivery, can't imagine how change would work, plus the card could act as collateral if the drone does go missing. Problem is proving that the customer did the thieving and not someone else en route. Not hard to jam drone signal I imagine.
 
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Tagyhag

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It's a cool idea but I'll never see it here in the US, too many dumbasses who love to ruin it for other people.
 
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Hoo-doo

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CrunchyFrog said:
You'd probably have to require a credit card for drone delivery, can't imagine how change would work, plus the card could act as collateral if the drone does go missing. Problem is proving that the customer did the thieving and not someone else en route. Not hard to jam drone signal I imagine.
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Why not pay online like a regular person. Screw creditcards or physical money.

This thing should do nothing but deliver pizza and GTFO.
 
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Rodney McKay

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_Ryo_ said:
That'd be a good point if people didn't continuously break the law for smaller things than pizza.

Also I meant what if someone other than the customer shot it down, just for clarification.

Ex, someone in a rural area sees pizza drone above house, decides to shoot it down for fun.
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I mean, the same thing could happen with existing delivery methods.

Someone in a rural area see a pizza delivery car next to house, decides to shoot at it/throw rock at it/etc. for fun.
 
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shintoki

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So when I throw shit down at people from a drone. I get arrested.

But when Domino's throws shit down at people, they get a government approval.
 
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muu

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These drones are manually piloted from a remote location and not self-flying, so my guess is much of the worries here about tampering are moot. The next question is, do you tip the drone pilot...
 
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The Beard

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Maybe spend less money on R&D for new delivery methods, and figure out a way to make a pizza that doesn't taste like salt that's been slathered in more salt, then topped with extra salt.
 
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Goro Majima

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They'll need to deliver larger pizzas here in the US though. Dude was one handing that pizza box like it was the size of a regular plate.
 
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Hoo-doo

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How do they expain the huge fucking cloth landing zone they put out for this thing? Do you get that thing for free or what.
 
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