> It's really economics. It's v expensive per gram to deliver by drone. That's why it works well for light but high value things (like medicine) but sucks for stuff like food.
I always suspected the reason was purely profit-driven so it's good to hear it confirmed.
I know I'm getting cynical as I age, but the idea that regulation was the only thing in the way of it seemed laughable given recent history.
It's certainly not the only thing, but it's also not helping. It's an area where we need some more research into better power efficiency systems for cost to improve. But regulations are not encouraging investments in the space as much as you would think.
Also there is a strong education and hobby to industry pipeline. However with the way the UAS space is being regulated that pipeline has been drying up.
