How armies of intelligent aerial robots will revolutionize the logistics industry

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Intelligent aerial robots are poised to change the transportation and logistics industry, but there are a few bottlenecks that we have to solve before aerial robots are seen in major cities delivering mails and meals. 1. Limited flight time Your intelligent aerial robots’ flight time is severely limited by battery capacity. The intelligent aerial robot I built flew close to 20 minutes. Flight time = (Battery Capacity x Battery Discharge / Average Amp Draw) x60 Your average amp draw depends on the motor you are using and the electronic speed controller you are using. As you can see the curve…...

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Himanshu Ragtah I previously worked at Tesla -- where I was automating manufacturing testing for Tesla PowerWall, PowerPack, and SuperCharger. I’m also a TEDx speaker on bias due to AI (especially for women and minorities) and on intelligent transportation. Alongside that, I'm a SXSW judge, Kairos Society fellow, Hackernoon top publisher, and earlier on, I co-founded a SpaceX Hyperloop team with schools like Cornell, Princeton, and UMichigan and our prototype placed top 10 internationally -- and was featured on CNN, The Verge, Wired, and CNBC. I'm a fellow of Kairos Society-- an elite club of founders that identify society’s most pressing challenges and build new solutions to address them (with mentors like Sir Richard Branson, Bill Clinton, and Hayden of the CIA). I was previously awarded the NSERC (NSF equivalent in Canada) Industrial Undergraduate Student Research Award, open-sourced a 3D-printed prosthetic for US veteran amputees, led a drone robotics team, and judged top robotics contests (SXSW, PennApps, Lego League). Lastly, I helped design an innovative electronic music instrument that was featured on CBC and DigitalTrends.