I-Zipline Yengeza i-Rappelling Droid ku-Delivery Drones

Namuhla ekuseni, inkampani ehambisa ama-drone I-Zipline imemezele uhlelo olusha lokulethwa kwe-drone inikeza ukulethwa okucishe kuthule, okunembayo okuhloselwe ukukhulisa amakhono enkampani ekulethweni kwasekhaya. Lokhu kudinga indlela ehluke kakhulu kulokho i-Zipline ebikwenza eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili edlule. Ukuze wenze ukulethwa kwasekhaya okuthulile nokunembayo, i-Zipline ithuthukise inhlanganisela entsha yobuciko yama-hybrid drones, “ama-droids,” nazo zonke izingxenyekazi zekhompuyutha ezisekelayo ezidingekayo ukuze kulethwe ngqo kuvulandi wakho ongaphambili.

Savakashela esinye sezikhungo zokusabalalisa ze-Zipline eRwanda eminyakeni embalwa edlule ukuze babone ukuthi uhlelo lwabo lwalusebenza ngempumelelo kangakanani ekuletheni igazi ezindaweni ezimazombezombe zezwe. Ukuze sibukele ukulethwa kwezidingo, sahamba ihora emigwaqweni ewubhuqu emazombezombe siya esibhedlela sasemaphandleni. Ngokushesha ngemva kokufika kwethu, indiza engenandiza yathatha uhambo futhi yaletha iphasela legazi cishe emizuzwini eyi-14. Kwakuyisibonelo esicindezelayo sokubaluleka kokulethwa kwe-drone ezimweni lapho unempahla ebucayi futhi ebucayi ngesikhathi ezindaweni ezinengqalasizinda ephansi, kodwa izinselelo zokulethwa kwezindlu zasemadolobheni zingenye into ngokuphelele.

Indlela isizukulwane samanje se-Zipline esisebenza ngayo ama-drones aphiko olungaguquki iwukuwisa amabhokisi aboshelwe kumapharashuthi amancane kuyilapho endizela amashumi amaningana amamitha endaweni evulekile yokulethwa. Udinga indawo ethile engenazithiyo ukuze lokhu kusebenze ngendlela enokwethenjelwa (ake sithi, idlanzana lezindawo zokupaka ezingenalutho noma okulinganayo), futhi akuyona inqubo emnene, okusho ukuthi kunezingqinamba kokuthi yini ongayiletha nokuthi ipakishwa kanjani. Ezibhedlela nasezikhungweni zezempilo, lokhu ngokuvamile akuyona inkinga. Ngekhaya lakho, kungase kungabi yinketho nhlobo.

Ama-drones amasha e-Zipline ahluke kakhulu. Ekhiqizwe kakhulu umcimbi online ehambisana neqembu le-Zipline kanye nomongameli waseRwanda u-Paul Kagame kanye nelungu lebhodi lenkampani u-Bono, i-Zipline yethule i-P2, uhlelo olusha lokulethwa oluhlanganisa i-Hybrid fixed-wing drone ne-droid encane eboshiwe ekwazi ukuphuma esiswini se-drone ukuze ilethe ukunemba. .

Ifakwe ngaphakathi kwe-P2 Zip, i-droid nanoma yini ethwalayo ingahamba amakhilomitha angu-112 ngehora kuzo zonke izinhlobo zesimo sezulu iphumele endaweni engaba ngu-16 km ngenkokhelo ehlaba umxhwele engu-2.5- kuya ku-3.5-kilogram. Uma i-P2 ifika lapho ithunyelwa khona, i-Zip ihamba phezulu kumafidi angamakhulu ambalwa kuyilapho iwintshi ehlanganisiwe yehlisa i-droid kanye nephakheji phansi. I-Zip ihlala ikubude obuphephile futhi obuthulile kuyilapho i-droid isebenzisa ama-thruster ahlanganisiwe ukuze izimise ngokunembile phezu kwendawo yokulethwa, leyo ngesigamu semitha nje ukuwela ingaba phezulu kalula kwetafula lepikiniki. Izinzwa ezibonakalayo ku-droid ziqinisekisa ukuthi indawo yokulethwa icacile. Ngokushesha nje lapho ithinta phansi, i-droid iwisa impahla yayo ngaphandle kwesisu sayo. Bese iphinde iwine ibuyele ku-Zip, bese iqembu libuyela ekhaya.

Ngakolunye uhlangothi lwezinto, kunohlelo oludidiyelwe lokulayisha lapho i-P2 Zips ingashaja khona ngaphandle (isebenzisa isistimu yokushaja engaphezulu) kuyilapho ama-droids ehlisa i-chute ukuze alayishwe ngaphakathi endlini ngayinye ngayinye.

Nakuba umcimbi ungazange ubonise umjikelezo ophelele wokulethwa, sitshelwa ukuthi yonke i-hardware iyasebenza futhi iseduze kakhulu nomklamo wokukhiqiza, nokuthi zonke izinyathelo zokulethwa ziqedwe ngempumelelo ngendiza yangempela. Kusekuningi ukuhlolwa okufanele kwenziwe, kunjalo, futhi i-Zipline ilindele ukuthi kube nezindiza eziyi-10,000 eziqedwe ehlobo, nokusetshenziswa kwayo kokuqala okuzolandela. Amakhasimende okuqala afaka amasistimu ezempilo wesifunda ambalwa e-United States, Izindawo zokudlela eziluhlaza, kanye nohulumeni waseRwanda, noMongameli uKagame ngokwakhe njengekhasimende lokuqala. Futhi ukuze kucace, i-P2 ayithathi indawo yengqalasizinda yokuqala yokulethwa kwe-drone ye-Zipline—ngobubanzi bayo obuyi-100-km, ama-Zips asekuqaleni (manje abizwa nge-P1) asamatasatasa ngokuletha izimpahla ezibucayi eRwanda nakwezinye izindawo emhlabeni jikelele.