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If we could get autonomous drones, I would have one hold up an umbrella to shield me from the sun at all times as I walk around, lol!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it was a one time thing, some tape and string, I'd just hover it and they'd snip it.

If this was something I wanted to do frequently, there are fairly cheap attachments that you can drop things with, which would be more fun, and I wouldn't have to worry about the person snipping the string tugging it and causing danger to themselves and/or the drone.

They're a battery, little servo to move a pin, and usually a photosensitive trigger, and you can drop things by turning the auxiliary/landing light on or off.

Here's the first Amazon result for that type of device it's $37 and has a max payload of 500 grams.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you mean to link something?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Wow, yep I did.
This is actually a different one which looks slightly better. To be clear, I don't know if any if them are worthwhile, I don't own any, I just searched for "payload Air2S" on Amazon.

https://a.co/d/5GZFWCP

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