Zipline - How Rwanda Built A Drone Delivery Service

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[@RealEngineering]

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[@MostlyPennyCat]

Question: Why bother with the full catobar system? Catapult is obvious, it means you don't have to carry the fuel to launch. Also, it's much more rain proof. They're not short of space, so why bother with the trap? Why not just land on some tarmac? The aircraft that launch and recover from catobar ships are super heavy because of all the extra strengthening they require. And they still wear out twice as fast as regular aircraft. So I don't see why the trap is a good idea. The only things I can think of is: 1) They want to perfect a system that shows that Zipline can work in a crowded downtown area? Not just the boonies? Or on a ship? Are they after military contracts too? 2) it's really rainy and the tarmac run way isn't useable in the wet?

[@RealEngineering]

@@MostlyPennyCat Landing on a runway is pretty hard with an autonomous drone. Factor in wind, rain etc and you are going to need some pretty advanced fly by wire, or a skilled pilot at hand. The capture system requires neither.

[@khulhucthulhu9952]

@@MostlyPennyCat This design doesn't need landing gear, which saves weight and complexity. This saved weight can then be used to strengthen the fuselage structure. I'm not saying it is perfect, but to me it seems like the better option

[@jealexander]

@@khulhucthulhu9952 you don't need landing gear on planes which land on the ground either - skids or skid plates are viable, even for relatively large aircraft. I can't say whether it's better than the arresting wire used here, but it's definitely an option.

[@khulhucthulhu9952]

@@jealexander I think landing gear, skids or skid plates also could obstruct the package bay doors, or something. But a solution to this supposed problem could be rather easily made I guess

[@tannerbobanner9453]

This is the kind of innovation that gets my heart pumping. This is absolutely incredible.

[@RealEngineering]

Same. I would love to work for Zipline. This is the sort of thing I live for.

[@Katt1n]

This is also the kind of invention that will keep your heart pumping :)

[@faurana]

for one, they'd have to hit either the batteries or the motors, which is not easy for something that goes 100km/h at whatever height. secondly, if they hit the batteries, they have a chemical fire to deal with. and they risk hitting the meds, which with their relative position are pretty much always in the way of the battery as far as I could gather from the video clips. so it's rather unlikely that people can shoot these things down without damaging the supplies one way or another

[@faurana]

​@@Colaglass safe is such an absolute term. I simply think that the probability that anyone can reliably take one of these drones out without damaging the medical supplies is rather unlikely. and if they wanted to go extra disencouragement, they could include about 3g of C4 in the drone above the cargo box that it detonates if unauthorised tampering is detected. nobody would want to go that way because explosives in the air are bad, but it already has enough lithium-ion battery packs loaded to make any TSA wet their pants in exitement.

[@faurana]

@@Colaglass also, nice ad homonym.

[@jhyland87]

I work in tech, and even i think that sometimes tech is killing society by making evetyone spoiled, complacent and lazy. But then i see something like this and it reinvigorates my love for technology and creativity

[@geoffgunn9673]

Same was my thoughts :) Creativity to its finest

[@dastanharris]

most engineers nowadays focus on creating problems for consumers to solve. This restore my faith in engineering.

[@brunosco]

S Userman Good point(s)!

[@Luvurenemy]

I told my chimp friend the other day if you keep getting termites using that stick you’re gonna make all the other chimps lazy because they won’t be hard at work ruining their hands at digging out the termite mound to get at the termites. They’ll just start being lazy and using sticks too! He didn’t listen. He was too busy eatin’ termites and gettin’ busy with the female chimps. I salute your work in tech, Justin Hyland. Don’t despair, creativity abounds!

[@falconidaes]

If is completely opposite. More technology creates more possibilities, inventions, solutions based on dreams how something suppose to work. It's inspires people to do more and more effectively. We started from calculator, transistors, computer to smartphones, and this is just the beginning.

[@arts6821]

Damn this is just like an aircraft carrier takeoff and landing system, you got the catapult and the tail wire. Absolutely amazing

[@weirddudes5543]

It wouldn't surprise me if they got inspired by aircraft carrier takeoff and landing systems.

[@FlyLeah]

Exept its fully automated, maybe will happen with 6th gen fighters that may or may not have pilots

[@ralexcraft990]

But no landing gear

[@joabes7710]

Right. I was just about to comment this

[@davidty2006]

@@ralexcraft990 Who needs landing gear when your never meant to completely touch the ground anyway.

[@vertrox3435]

Cool note: at 4:47 you can hear the drone throttle its motors up just in case the wire missed. You can even see the props spin faster in the slo-mo. Extra safety factor!

[@thebigbonk]

you can see it aswell in the slow mo shot!

[@DreamOfFlying]

@@thebigbonk wow! I have the feeling it sais it in the original comment

[@kappadistributive]

I've spent my youth building and piloting RC airplanes and, during my freshman year in college, made a brief attempt to write a rudimentary autopilot for one of my RC airplanes. Seeing that someone made this a reality and contributes to a solution to a real-life life/death problem, fills me with joy! Great work, Zipline!

[@trumpeytoes7450]

so you're saying you came up with the idea first?

[@kappadistributive]

Someone, who I think might be a troll, asked a valid question: Do I claim to have come up with the idea of autopiloted RC planes first? And, of course, I don't. In fact, my interest in the matter (in the summer of 2011) stemmed from the arrival of Parrot Drones in the market. Together with a friend of mine, I wanted to see how hard it would be to implement a very basic autopilot. Basically: Fly from point A to point B, leave starting and landing to your human copilot. Turns out, that's still pretty hard to do. Sensor data is really noisy (because of all the vibrations inherent in RC planes), GPS data can be very weird at times, altitude is difficult to figure out with a sufficiently small margin of error and basic, visual, collision avoidance was well beyond either of our technical capabilities. So... we dialed back our ambitions, spent the summer crashing (and thus fixing) RC planes a lot, learned many valuable lessons and then returned to our studies without ever considering this as a valid business opportunity. It was just a fun summer project and I'd recommend every college student to pursue similar kinds, regardless of whether you'll ever make a buck from them.

[@trumpeytoes7450]

@@kappadistributive so you are saying you came up with the idea first?

[@ReddwarfIV]

Definitely a troll.

[@trumpeytoes7450]

@@ReddwarfIV so you refuse to answer the question? are you getting cognitive dissonance?

[@evaristegalois6282]

You know its a great day when RealLifeLore, RealEngineering and Wendover Productions upload at the same time

[@ThinkerYT]

I knew i wasnt the only one happy about that!

[@kapilsharma320]

And about the same topic

[@kinga6347]

@@kapilsharma320 but different aspects of it

[@tibes5321]

And all videos start with the same sentence

[@Hossyboy420]

And they make the same video

[@Gna-rn7zx]

I knew I'd heard of this before when Mark Rober released his video today! This was the video, thanks for covering the gliders 4 years ago!

[@JayVarshneyEC]

I also😂

[@turnoverbros]

I also heard of this before, but it was from my school and I was wondering how it worked.

[@nateshrager512]

This is some seriously awesome engineering to solve an important issue. Much respect

[@footballremix.8084]

@Art Deco Jeweller are you trying to troll us?

[@mrjones2009]

I agree it is awesome

[@awuma]

@@footballremix.8084 I'm sure (hope...) he/she is being deeply ironic. In the "West", there are too many regulations and bureaucratic interests for such a system to be implemented and tested. However, once fully proven in places such as Rwanda, it can more easily be certified and implemented in more developed regions. There clearly is development and refinement happening, based on real experience.

[@AhesTheDre]

wow, wow, wow! this is the best thing i've seen in years! I'm blown away. thanks

[@volvo09]

Yup! I was saying "why such a detailed preflight check, they sure are taking safety very seriously" then I saw the capture system, redundancy, replaceable parts assemblys and so on and was totally blown away. THIS is an efficient, modern, safe, autonomous fleet!

[@rea8585]

Good for health + for economy + for Rwanda's coolness

[@FlamingBasketballClub]

You're everywhere on KZbin lol

[@jye-mings.2476]

+environment

[@wearewatchingyouhumans6956]

@Cliff Yablonski Their physical appearances has nothing to do with it being designed...? This video is just about how this delivery system is helpful for the people in this region...

[@erc9468]

Especially good for engineering done in California.

[@shih-haowang4788]

found here after watching Mark Rober's new video. Thank you for introducing the technology innovation behind!

[@FilK79]

This is the sort of news that make me really happy. Long live Rwanda from Serbia!

[@AlexNotAPotato]

It's so crazy to rewatch this video! I work at Zipline now; great to see how much has changed. Also the drones depicted here just got retired this past week!

[@mercyanthonyvlogs9179]

I have an interview with zipline in a weeks time, I am anxious and excited at the same time. I've longed to work in such an innovative organisation all my career, and this is my window of opportunity. Hoping that like you, I get my lucky break. Congratulations.

[@themaus1799]

@@mercyanthonyvlogs9179 I wish you the best of luck.

[@ahsin.shabbir]

I've been watching videos about Zipline and learning everything about the company for 2 weeks. I'm super excited by it. Wish I could work for Zipline and help them with their perception, data, and autonomy needs

[@ar8887]

The launch and recovery tech look like they were both inspired by naval aviation. Well done!

[@crestfallensunbro6001]

that's right! I didn't realise that the assisted launch / landing systems were so similar to those used on aircraft carriers.

[@TheJttv]

No the launch and recovery systems were inspired by much much older drones like the drones like ones used in the first Iraq war. They used to just fly into a wire and get tangled and the catapult is largely unchanged. Those systems may have drawn inspiration from naval aviation which drew inspiration the wright brothers catapult

[@tybronx2446]

Came from the Mark Rober video, my first question when I saw that was about air space control, especially in cities, but he never touched on that. So I'm really glad you covered it here properly. I'm also really happy to see how far they've come. (And pretty late but) Thank you for making this awesome video.

[@vondralbra5147]

This is literally aerospace engineering porn

[@hardmcshaft5665]

Vondr Albra it really is.. such a great idea

[@willwinn8559]

Let's HOPE it inspires others 😎👍

[@lewis2255]

Speaking or porn you now have 69 likes

[@isaaconyach9401]

couldn't agree more

[@patriziostoll3920]

Geiler Name Bernd wate Björn ne ach egal 😂🤔

[@BobMcCoy]

*_Wendover Productions has joined the chat_*

[@gaylordpantamime]

Hahah

[@mr.boomguy]

*RealLifeLore joined the chat*

[@GFmanaic]

"Let me tell you about planes"

[@kinga6347]

**Real Engineering has joined the chat**

[@Buizie]

*_iNavFlight has joined the chat_*

[@Remulos1]

I worked for a regulatory approvals company that worked a lot with Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority and many other telecommunications authorities in Africa and it always blew my mind that when a country is building infrastructure based on utility rather than just as it becomes available such innovative solutions become the best way forward.

[@btdarterschannel112]

This is unbelievably fantastic!! Using tech to save lives!! I love it!! 😀✈🛰👍

[@fraaggl]

This is by far the best drone delivery company i have ever seen ! Delivering with Quadcopters is such a lame idea...

[@aritakalo8011]

Anything I have seen to come even near by is the DHL parcelcopter and skyport tests year or two ago, where they run two linked skyport packet stations for 3 months. In mountains, in winter. It was a tilt rotor craft. In that also the key milestones aren't the craft actually though the tilt rotor was darn cool, but the integrated logistics involved. In Ziplines case they have specific area delivery from service hub to clients. In the DHL test they integrated two way the stations as part of their normal parcel station service. Only one station was in a mountain side village on the end of a windy road and another at the bottom in valley. The amazing part was the essentially fully automatic hangar and packet station. You put packet (a standard size DHL small parcel cardboard box) in the machine, the machine loads it automatically to a payload shell, attached the shell to their tilt rotor sitting on the landing pad. Packet loaded the protective doors open (since winter, one has to have a protected hangar), craft spools it's engines and helicopters out, then it transfers to winged flight, flies to the another station. The other station gets message from the craft, opens it's hangar, craft helicopters down, part of the pad slides open, arms reach out and detach the payload pod and take the parcel and store it in a automated storage magazine to be handed out. their post truck comes around at the bottom of valley, they employee tells station to empty and it hands out the out going packages, then the employee inserts the up going packages and leaves, the station starts to shuttle the packages up the mountain. The integration and automation is the key. Anyone can strap a packet to bottom of quad copter by hand and tell it to go to GPS coordinates. The real business is in creating the integrated services with the redundancies, securities and day to day on going process.

[@wenbo595]

well you don't always want to parachute your soup on the floor.

[@sirashley2355]

no the Quadcopter delivery systems would still be far more efficient in short distances within urban cityscapes.

[@dekonfrost7]

Sébastien Fraggl thats where you are wrong.Quad copters can fly lower and for a more regulated airspace you need that

[@MrINKOMPATIBEL]

@@dekonfrost7 exactly. and they can land on very small surface

[@BSC4PE]

7:59 slight mistake here. No current Tesla car in production has that large of a battery. The current largest battery is 100 kWh and the smallest used to be 75 kWh.

[@klugshicer]

Slight mistake here, The current largest battery is 100kWh (Model S/X) while the smallest currently available is 62kWh (Model 3). And Model S/X used to be available with 60kWh and Model 3 will eventually be available with 52kWh.

[@BSC4PE]

The Tesla models with 60 kWh batteries were actually software-limited 75 kWh battery-packs, but other than that you are correct.

[@klugshicer]

BSC4PE Since 2016, yes. But originally it was a 60kWh battery pack which was also reflected in curb weight. At the very beginning there was even a 40 kWh model but only few people ordered it. The few that actually did order one received a electronically limited 60kWh pack.

[@BSC4PE]

Ah I wasn't aware of that. Thanks

[@petrkubena]

​@Gabriel Cabana Actually 62kWh Model 3 is medium-range and is already available for 44k. You are talking about ~50kWh 35k USD low-range version (or you can use euphemism like "standard range"), that is not yet available.

[@mohammadahtesamamjad6392]

Man the same topic but different channels and my favourite youtubers real engineering and wendover prod.

[@mohammadahtesamamjad6392]

Wow thank you thats my first heart

[@leestone9028]

One of my all-time favorite KZbin videos!

[@megamcee]

Came here from Mark's video. These guys are doing an incredible job at pushing humanity forward.

[@b747ultimate]

Real Engineering, RealLifeLore, and Wendover all just uploaded at the same time. I need to pinch myself because I must be dreaming.

[@hamso-]

And Second Thought Earlier.

[@timothymclean]

It was all according to plan. Except Second Thought, that was a coincidence.

[@dasdaleberger5683]

Great company. Great Collab. Keep 'em coming.

[@blackopsaf3471]

so you are telling me... they are now using Aircraft carrier technology to deliver medical supplies? sign me up!

[@FlyLeah]

For once military technology used right

[@henryjohnson280]

The ancient Romans would have been surprised to learn that catapults are aircraft carrier technology. They'd probably would have ask "what are aircraft?"

[@ArchTazer]

@@henryjohnson280 hehe

[@gihanilangakoon]

This simply brilliant engineering and superb innovation. Well done, Rwanda 🇷🇼

[@RyderSpearmann]

Ahhh... Rwanda was gifted the system from the Northern California company that invented it. Literally dropped on their doorstep.

[@kikivoorburg]

The future is now! My day is just getting better! I started late at school today and then I get home to a new video Real Engineering video!

[@PersianMapper]

Real Engineering = Drone Engineering Wendover Productions = Transportation Logistics Real Life Lore = Practical Usage Analysis

[@lorenzoporre8155]

They actually have to create a channel and put together 3 video in 1 for each topic they want to talk about. That would be awesome.

[@PersianMapper]

@@lorenzoporre8155 Yeah, kinda like Hot Stuff

[@lorenzoporre8155]

@@PersianMapper What's Hot Stuff? Is that an actual format/channel or were you just saying that a mixed channel would be amazing?

[@PersianMapper]

@@lorenzoporre8155 Hot Stuff is a channel made by various Science KZbinrs talking about Climate change

[@PersianMapper]

I meant that as in an example of collaboration between youtubers to make a different channel

[@emmanoelscharf9936]

This video made my day. As an mechanical engineering student, I'm really happy to see this! Thank You!

[@hozayves]

Visit Rwanda 🇷🇼

[@sheluvvxandr2722]

@@hozayves no

[@itoms06s81]

literally every aspect of this drone service is mindblowing Narrator: But wait, there's more!

[@RottenFlag]

Saying Rwanda built these is misleading. Zipline is an awesome company based in California (visited their HQ), Rwanda is simply where the technology is applied. Congrats to Rwandan government for being so collaborative though, that's why all this was possible.

[@shaonian]

The title is quite misleading and quite click baity

[@speedy01247]

Do you say *insert company* built *insert infrastructure* or do you say *insert government* built it. Look at any major government infrastructure, no one says *insert company* made it, they say the government who paid for it did.

[@shaonian]

@@speedy01247 I think in this case they have to credit Zipline. Search for big battery in Australia and I don't see anybody implying Australia knows how to build big batteries.

[@druegnor]

Dipipegb the video title is 'how (in) Rwanda (they have) built a drone delivery service'..so the topic of the video is the 'delivery service' itself..not about the drone tech

[@jesseback3536]

@@druegnor But they didn't build it. It was built, is maintained, and operated by, Zipline International out of Half Moon Bay, California. Under contract with the government of Rwanda.

[@gogobrasil7185]

I'm sick of hearing of all that drones can do but never seeing it. This company actually does it, and in Rwanda, on top of it all. Congratulations

[@Dam0nSingh]

This was one of the most wonderful and thought inspiring "Drone service" and its coverage about the use case i have seen in a while. Great job! and thanks.

[@TRak598]

Now: Rwanda Later: Wakanda

[@mr.boomguy]

Nice xD

[@ulrichwilsenach4411]

Good job by founder en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keller_Rinaudo

[@timcallinan]

Lovely piece of film-making there. Savage engineering work by the Rwandans aswell. (Sorry - And Zipline too)

[@SavetheRepublic]

Its an American company based in California. Rwanda was its first launch.

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

@@SavetheRepublic Yeah, I was just going to ask who made these aircraft for the Rwandans, they don't have anything close to the technical capabilities necessary to build any kind of aircraft.

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

@Antonio Giuseppe Have they ever designed and built a complete vehicle of any kind?

[@shotelco]

@Antonio Giuseppe Yes. Last year. @idontcare80 - Regarding design and manufacture of a vehicle: No, not to my knowledge. This is a very interesting Country. About 25 years out from a genocidal inter-tribal war, and with what is a Benevolent dictatorial government, I have nothing but praise for them. The 2nd or 3rd most financially stable Country in Sub-Saharan Africa. They are a land locked country with few natural resources, yet they are creative enough to find new-age resources to generate revenue without resorting to overly oppressive debt from the IMF or China. The resources Rwanda is selling to drone companies such as zipline is their *non-congested airspace* for what is effectively a real world, large scale test zone. I have heard it's about $800K USD/year paid to Rwanda for ATC and air rights usage. This earned income will go to other infrastructure build outs. Several other drone companies, including UPS are also paying to rent Rwanda airspace...at least from what is reported.

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

@@shotelco You mean they have generous companies (like ZIpline) who are guiding them toward advancement, even though they aren't able to contribute toward that advancement.

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

This is why drones are awesome! They have so many universal applications like delivery, geological studies, photography, and emergency services.

[@joeottsoulbikes415]

This is absolutely amazing! This is the greatest use of drones I can imagine. Being able to deliver life saving supplies so quickly in remote areas! Wow. This could be used to deliver supplies to injured people until help arrives. This is something search and rescue teams could use all over the world. This is something I would very much like to be involved in.

[@edgerokoth7234]

What an innovation! I greatly appreciate and honour the people who are making it happen in Africa. God bless you abundantly

[@garydunken7934]

Rwanda? mind blown. Keep innovating. Bless you.

[@yesegg3596]

None of the engineering is actually from the rwanda. Zipline is american

[@RihannaIsIluminati]

Yes Egg The actual operations center of the company is entirely in Rwanda and maintained by Rwandan staff. Not to mention that the company relies on the Rwandan air traffic control system.

[@blokeabouttown2490]

@@RihannaIsIluminati It is an American company that have set up an operation centre in Rwanda and trained Rwandan staff to carry out the necessary operations. Ultimately this is American technology and innovation.

[@detailmaster3179]

@@blokeabouttown2490 so what

[@FutureNow]

Friends who upload together stay together.

[@umasharma8944]

3:59 the catapult for this amazing saviour jet.... next step : designing an aircraft carrier for this

[@psicopsicodelia]

The problem with that its the G forces than a human can tolerate

[@lord9562]

What jet? This is powered by propellers!

[@Venom-rc9fk]

I love the redundancy approach. Very well designed. Very impressive.

[@iseunifeoluwaakinkugbe330]

I read about this in the ASCE Civil Engineering magazine abt 2 years ago.....Rwanda have finally established it!!! They expected it not to be up and running till next year(2020). But its a testament and a credit to Rwanda and how far they have come since their dark period in the 1990's!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👣 #BigupRwanda

[@GlowingSpamraam]

Keep in mind it's an american company

[@KaushikBala333]

This is the next big breakthrough in innovation.....the world is going to benefit from this so many ways!!!!

[@felixcat9318]

Thank you so much for your highly informative and very well presented coverage of this elegantly simple and simply elegant airborne delivery system! I don't recall being so impressed with anything as much as I was with this entire system and operation. By designing in simplicity, reliability and operational serviceability the Operator has truly created a World Class System! Every aspect was refined for safety and reliability to ensure rapid, repeatable delivery to clinics and doctors irrespective of the surface transport infrastructure. As a former Emergency Blood Courier (Motorcycle) I have an operational appreciation of just how important this service is, literally life or death!

[@W1ldTangent]

That is absolutely incredibly well-designed and thought out, wow.

[@richbergonio8116]

The take of it and the landing of it looks like the takeoff and landing of the aircraft carrier

[@yobeefjerky42]

I mean, it faces the same issues as an aircraft carrier.

[@nightstrike710]

@@yobeefjerky42 Not really... Sure, fast take-offs are also important for aircraft carriers. But the main problem on an aircraft carrier is the little space you have to get the planes in and out of the air. If using a catapult mechanism would save you that much time getting a fighter *jet* in the air, air forces would install it on land-based airfields as well.

[@rifraf276]

@@nightstrike710 Their problem is very similar to an aircraft carrier. It's just that instead of having too short of a runway, they don't have a runway at all.

[@nightstrike710]

@@rifraf276 Hm, I can't really tell if you are joking xD Nevertheless, not having a runway is not their problem, it's their choice. There is no need for the drone to be able to take off anywhere else than the base(s). So they can reduce the weight (, drag) and complexity of the drone by just not putting any wheels on it. Just like it was said in the video. (Although, maybe it was said in Wendover's video, I'm not sure) Additionally, bringing the drone up to cruising speed with a ground-based contraption saves quite a bit of energy compared to having the drone take off on a conventional runway. I guess that way they also can get away with a less powerful and thereby lighter motor for the propeller.

[@phoule76]

its take-off and landing...

[@techboy95]

Holy moly this level of technology and execution is so amazing and astonishing. I'm inspired!

[@timdunn6092]

Rwanda is well served by this Zipline company. I don't know where are from or what deal they made to deliver medical supplies for emergencies, they are brilliant and have proven proof of concept. It works, plain and simple. For the 451 people who disliked this do you understand that not everybody lives in a city or town like us Americans. They worked with all the regulators there and have made a very successful business for them selves, good for them. Just remember that we are sitting here in our air conditioned homes, able to drive to the local pharmacy and enjoy all of these nice amenities while they are out there doing something to make peoples lives better. I wonder if they are on the stock market?

[@turnoverbros]

This aged well, came here from Mark Robers video

[@Ageira]

If I could like and favorite this multiple times I absolutely would; it's super cool and inspiring for me to see almost everything I work with and learn as a cybernetics engineering student and freelance web developer integrated into one one video with machine vision, UAV design and control, embedded computer systems and good user interface design all happening in one place - thanks a lot for the excellent video (as usual)!

[@charleslucas1784]

As they say, "necessity is the mother of invention." Rock on Rwanda, may the Creator bless you with much more success!

[@raghavparihar6272]

Proud of you Rawanda...Go for it ...Kill it.... Absolutely amazing....

[@Shtofman]

This is the best in-depth review of how Zipline works that I've seen. Great job!

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

The take off and landing seems to be heavily inspired by carriers. Amazing. Like the arrestor hook and wires. The catapult system etc. I love it!

[@scholarlyreader383]

Congrat Rwanda Africa you never stopped amazing.

[@ciulik4142]

@C S bullshit he is just upset because an anti-white scumbag writes a stupid comment

[@brightgarinson3099]

@C S I'm sure you don't object to "black excellence" though. Mudbrain!

[@sonofgod2656]

@Cliff Yablonski but do you have to be insulting, you see like the dumb and racist one

[@glenbartholomew1058]

This is the kind of company we need more of. I wish Zipline tons of success.

[@pasticcinideliziosi1259]

Nobody here is noticing how precise has to be the engineers that created this to make possible the grabbing part

[@iainburgess8577]

Yep. That "10% miss..." Really undersold that complex, accurate, compact, 90% success rate non-damaging short capture system

[@pasticcinideliziosi1259]

@@iainburgess8577 considering that the plane can try how many times it wants i think it is a great result

[@azizbrownkuwindacorp]

This was honestly one of the coolest videos I've ever seen on youtube.

[@thibauddrion8501]

This clearly is the most awesome video I have seen in weeks

[@willwinn8559]

Fantastic ... This is brilliant, there needs to be more of THIS.. Removing barriers and bringing assistance IN REAL TIME .. 😎👍

[@ashoakwillow]

Totally inspiring, and a production to do it justice. Surely some of the big networks would be interested, it ticks all the boxes.

[@MossPalone]

The views on your channel are criminally low.

[@looneyirish007]

87.5 million?

[@MossPalone]

@@looneyirish007 Yes. Only 87 millions for months of hard work. KZbinrs that post useless stuff like Logan Paul gets 4 billions views.

[@minecraftlove1608]

415k

[@carlodvilla]

@@MossPalone our culture likes dumb and random content. not content that gives information and educates you in a way.

[@clashman7564]

@@minecraftlove1608 Cobined views, not this videos views.

[@JigglinJewels]

Saw Mark Robers video and your comment beneath it and just HAD to come and like this video as well Spotlighting tech like this is the way the future will improve via innovation and ecology

[@benevolentdictator2315]

Thank you, that was amazing as was the quality and delivery of the video and its content. Impressive.

[@spacekii]

This is the coolest plane I've ever seen. Amazon could use this system for delivery if they wanted

[@jordankull4295]

well yes but actually no. The FAA has currently banned drone use for deliveries in the USofA. Also the pilot of the drone has to have Line of Sight contact with the drone s/he is flying.

[@user-en3xx7bl6v]

This is the content I've subscribed for! Amazing

[@deenmohammadkhanshojib152]

really encouraging.......and love to see how Rwanda come forward with their innovative ideas

[@hydra9809]

i don't think rwanda developed this

[@pravinmulay8675]

Just amazing , i am really amazed the way the whole setup is working Kudos to Zipline team!!!

[@thestudentofficial5483]

I bless the healthcare down in aaaaafricaaa

[@ReddwarfIV]

*I bless the drones down in Africa

[@skimmer9016]

Gonna take some time to fly the drones we never had

[@rorysnow7937]

I hear the drones buzzing tonight But she hears only whispers of great innovation

[@trackthismotherfuckers9805]

This is FCKING AMAZING! Fantastic! Keep up the great content guys! 👍

[@BritGeeks]

Not sure why I've not heard about this until now, but I'm so thrilled to have been informed on this topic. Thank you.

[@danielwilson3671]

Absolutely brilliant! I was smiling like a little boy when I saw that tail wire work! Fantastic innovation!

[@Brainstorm69]

Wow. I love this story.

[@Bladen3t]

This is amazing. pure genius in how its set up

[@aistisjokubauskas2080]

This is so amazing that it makes me eyes tear. Beautiful!

[@FlyLeah]

This is marvelous. Rwanda is doing something we wouldn't have thought of doing until 2025

[@TheGhostHAG]

Ive always loved you three! cant believe you all went together, that's amazing! The Knowledge Trifecta

[@sv9147]

I love you real engineering😍😍😍 U r my favourite channel all the time

[@davidschmidt6013]

Just amazing to watch and inspiring to think about! Good on all the folks who are involved in this great "Zipline" SYSTEM!! I don't care who built the damn drones, it's the life-saving use that matters!! Best wishes and luck for all the folks in Rwanda doing this noble work.

[@abrivanwyk6825]

This is an amazing solution to a basic problem . Keep it up, you are creating the future

[@rafterrafter5320]

Videos like this make me very happy!😃

[@dominicmariano9201]

I was in Rwanda from September thru November of last year. I knew that zipline was a delivery service, but somehow missed that they are using drones! 😅

[@DanBurgaud]

viewed this video long time ago. *AMAZING* never gets old!

[@firefighter4life866]

Cant imagine there is a dislike about this story..what there dislike about it just baffled me.. Congratulations zipline for the innovative invention.

[@TriEmilAlim]

I'm here because of your comment on Mark Rober video

[@CrucialMuzic]

This is really impressive. This channel never ceases to amaze me. Have a great weekend

[@Chris-adams-rc-journey]

This is absolutely amazing. Brilliant. Genius. Spectacular. I'm blown away.

[@raul7293]

Thank you guys for this video. I loved it!!!! This is AMAZING technology and very good news for many.

[@derubersoldatx]

Proven, real world concepts put to work at a different scale with new innovative scalable solutions, well thought design and fail-safes, well done!

[@cathyny83]

I feel so enjoy watching this landing...

[@davidluftig4644]

Awesome video, amazing design. As someone who thinks about how a system "really" works this drone system, Zipline, is "wow" impressive.

[@DeafDiver]

Awesome info, I'm looking forward to the future it could help tons around the world. I hope your company will grow and succeed!

[@maver1ck76]

Anyone here from Mark Rober's video ?

[@Armand__]

10:28 "When quarantines are an issue, these drones could minimize human exposure to contagious diseases, and so help stop the spread of disease."... excuse me but did you know something we did not???

[@khayangoma9064]

ahahhahahaha i was just thinking that

[@renderproductions1032]

😂

[@aswinkumarchittori]

Absolutely brilliant and UN-imaginable , great work and keep going.

[@dustintravis8791]

I love the mission of this company, truly incredible.