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		djtriptych 78 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Two Amazon delivery drones crash into crane in com... For commercial deliveries I would expect them to designate a landing zone guaranteed to be free of obstacles vertically. I'm guessing that installing radar detailed enough to see swinging cables is nearly impossible.

bri3d 78 days ago [–]

mmWave radar is commonly used for detecting (horizontal) cables of similar thickness in a very common use of enterprise drones: power line inspection.

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