Tech & Science Uber Eats' delivery drone is a VTOL speedster

An unmanned aerial system capable of vertical take-off and landing might transport your Uber Eats orders in the future. The ride-hailing company, which has been expanding its repertoire recently, has unveiled a new design for its food delivery drone at the Forbes 30 under 30 Summit. Uber's drone design has rotating wings with six rotors "for increased speed and efficiency" and can carry meals for up to two people. Its battery can only last for around eight minutes, including loading and unloading, and it only has a range of 12 miles for a roundtrip delivery -- but that's OK, because Uber expects to use it for just a part of the process.

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© 2018 Horacio Villalobos - Corbis LISBON, PORTUGAL - OCTOBER 05: Uber Eats driver stops at a red street light on October 05, 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. The free, standalone Uber Eats app allows customers to order meals and Uber Eats drivers to deliver food from affiliated local eateries. Food prices are set by the participating restaurants and Uber Eats adds a booking fee based primarily on the distance between the eatery and the customer. (Photo by Horacio Villalobos - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

The drone won't be landing on your yard with your food in tow. After a restaurant loads the machine with your order, it'll fly to a drop-off point where an Uber driver will be taking over the delivery process. Uber's Elevate Cloud Systems, its airspace management system, will be tracking the drone and notifying the driver when the order is ready and where to pick it up. So, you'll still be dealing with a delivery personnel -- you may just get your meals faster than before.

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Drone makers have to convince us that airborne burritos and transplant organs are worth the noise and privacy invasion.NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine loves the idea. At the recent Commercial UAV Expo drone conference in Las Vegas, Bridenstine challenged the industry to get tens of thousands of daily drone flights over at least one US city by 2028. He also set out several "grand challenge" milestones to get us there, including a 2022 test flight with the cargo weight equivalent of at least one human passenger in simulated urban airspace.

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In a major step forward on Wednesday, Uber Eats announced at its Uber Elevate Conference that it plans to launch a food delivery pilot program in San Let’s be real, food delivered to your door is a miracle innovation. It’s advanced, convenient, and a little mysterious. Another recent innovation with

An Uber Eats car and drone is on exhibit at the Uber Elevate Summit 2019 in Washington, DC June 12, 2019. - Uber said Wednesday it plans to speed up restaurant meal delivery by using drones for its Uber Eats service. For logistical reasons, the drones will not deliver directly to customers, but to a safe drop-off location where an Uber Eats driver will complete the order. In the future, Uber hopes to land the drones on parked vehicles located near each delivery location to allow the final delivery by hand. Uber said it had developed a proprietary airspace management system called Elevate Cloud Systems that will guide the drones to their location. (Photo by EVA HAMBACH / AFP) (Photo credit should read EVA HAMBACH/AFP/Getty Images)

Back in 2018, company chief Dara Khosrowshahi talked about the possibility of starting a drone-based food delivery service by 2021. Uber might beat that timeline if all goes well, though: it's planning to start drone deliveries in San Diego, where is has already made a few test deliveries in partnership with McDonald's, in the summer of 2020.

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It's the third round in 10 weeks. This time the cuts included staff from the self-driving car and Uber Eats teams."Days like today are tough for us all," Khosrowshahi wrote in an email to employees, which was first published by TechCrunch. "The [executive leadership team] and I will do everything we can to make certain that we won't need or have another day like this ahead of us.

Uber is gearing up to start testing drone delivery for Uber Eats in dense urban environments. This comes after the Federal Aviation Administration awarded Eats is a very important business for Uber — one that is growing more than its core ride-hailing platform. In Q1 2019, Eats saw gross bookings

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