A customer's personal drone would be sent to meet delivery drones
The drones would be computer controlled and would meet to exchange the plot
A look at how messaging services could soon be automated by drones has been revealed by IBM. A new patent application suggests that the company is working on a fleet of drones passing packages in the air. And the proposals could overcome a number of key hurdles for the use of drones in home delivery.
A patent granted to the technology giant IBM would see a fleet of drones pass packets in the air. A customer's personal drone would be sent to find the delivery drones (represented) for the last stage of the voyage, ensuring safe delivery of the parcel
A number of high-profile projects for drone deliveries have hit the headlines in recent years.
But a number of obstacles get in the way of them becoming an everyday part of home shopping.
Among them are the delivery range and the danger of packet thefts, the particularity when flying at low altitudes, as well as the complicated distribution networks that would have to be set up.
The details, revealed in a patent application, would help address these issues, allowing drones to fly over longer distances.
U.S. Pat. 9,561,852 issued to the New York-based firm would allow the drones to play aerial games to pass the package.
Instead of a drone doing the entire journey of a delivery, a series of drones could run the gamut.
The personal drone of a customer would be sent to attend the drones of delivery of the last stage of the trip, ensuring the safe delivery of the package, all under the control of a cloud-based computer system.
Sarbajit Rakshit, co-inventor of the patent, said: 'Drones have the potential to change the way companies operate and leveraging machine learning, drones could change e-commerce,
"Our team of inventors focuses on how the most valuable cargo is delivered globally.
"This could create opportunities such as managing drones to deliver postal packages and medicines in developing countries through the most direct route."
Once a delivery is shipped from the warehouse by the drone, the buyer's own buzz would be shipped to satisfy delivery at the appropriate point.
The drones would be equipped with extendable poles with electromagnets at their ends, to which the package would be attached.
A number of high-profile projects for drone deliveries have hit the headlines in recent years.
But a number of obstacles get in the way of them becoming an everyday part of home shopping.
Among them are the delivery range and the danger of packet thefts, the particularity when flying at low altitudes, as well as the complicated distribution networks that would have to be set up.
The details, revealed in a patent application, would help address these issues, allowing drones to fly over longer distances.
U.S. Pat. 9,561,852 issued to the New York-based firm would allow the drones to play aerial games to pass the package.
Instead of a drone doing the entire journey of a delivery, a series of drones could run the gamut.
The personal drone of a customer would be sent to attend the drones of delivery of the last stage of the trip, ensuring the safe delivery of the package, all under the control of a cloud-based computer system.
Sarbajit Rakshit, co-inventor of the patent, said: 'Drones have the potential to change the way companies operate and leveraging machine learning, drones could change e-commerce,
"Our team of inventors focuses on how the most valuable cargo is delivered globally.
"This could create opportunities such as managing drones to deliver postal packages and medicines in developing countries through the most direct route."
Once a delivery is shipped from the warehouse by the drone, the buyer's own buzz would be shipped to satisfy delivery at the appropriate point.
The drones would be equipped with extendable poles with electromagnets at their ends, to which the package would be attached.
Once locked, the drones would synchronize and lean in the air, causing the packet to slide along the poles from one drone to another (pictured). Once the transfer is complete, the poles on the receiving drone are folded down, securing the packet in place
When encountering the air, each drone would extend its poles and block with the other using the magnets.
Once locked, the drones would synchronize and lean in the air, causing the packet to slide along the poles of a drone to another.
When the transfer is completed, the poles in the receiver buzz will fold down, securing the packet in place.
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