In June 2017, Dubai is getting a new form of transportation. You will now be able to travel around the city with an autonomous drone for people. Dubai will be the first city in the world to offer this form of public transport.
Dubai will be from in June 2017 further enabled transportation with an autonomous electric drone Ehang 184 AAV. This one was made by a Chinese company EHANG, which has been autonomous since the summer human transport drone tests in Nevada, USA.
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With ecological orientation taxi drone will be able to transport a person weighing up to 110 kilograms, and you will also be able to take a piece of luggage with you. You will be able to choose between different destinations. This is also the only task you will have as a passenger, everything else will be done by the drone itself. They were supposed to be flying at speed over the city up to 50 km/h. This is the first step towards implementing the autonomous mode of transport that Dubai wants until 2030 increase to 1/3 of all traffic.
Gallery - Ehang 184 AAV man-carrying drone:
More information:
ehang.com
