Comment by observationist

Comment by observationist 2 days ago

It's an ethernet cable, looks like? That's pretty cool that a drone has enough power to break an ethernet cable. It just got tangled in a single cable, looks like it was run across someone's back yard. That's not a bad failure mode, imo - gives them a little exercise in problem solving, figuring out how to prevent ethernet/cable collisions and snags, and maybe results in sensor upgrades, or they figure out good detangling maneuvers or something.

One cable getting damaged is inconvenient, but I'd have to laugh it off if it were my service. 5G would be a good enough backup in the meantime, and how often are you going to get to see these types of accidents (hopefully almost never) so it'd be cool to have a story.

"I ordered some flaming hot cheetos from a drone, and it broke my internet cable!"

malfist 2 days ago

One internet cable isn't a big deal until it is. Or until it isn't an internet cable. That's what we investigate both near misses and minor issues

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d-lisp 2 days ago

It would be great that the drone had some kind of tactile sensibility.

Go slowly in the opposite direction of said contact first, then if that is not working try to rotate on one of the horizontal axis while going in the opposite direction to see if it make a difference, and if it doesn't then something is stuck on your skin, and you should be able to notice that your weight is not the same as before; if that's not the case, then maybe your sensor is just broken, but then maybe you could be able to notice some difference in the power consumption of the tactile components array, and if that's not the case ... well, maybe that sensor is off too ? Wait ... what are you doing in Madrid ?

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dylan604 2 days ago

That would be okay if you were flying forward at a snail's pace so that initial contact doesn't take out the drone. i'm thinking of all of the times my Roomba has plowed full speed into something and then slowly backed away. If drone behaved that way, it wouldn't be very good. i'm also thinking of all of the times my drones acted that way when i was learning to fly and getting cocky. it wasn't good for them

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- d-lisp a day ago
  
  Maybe this behavior should be adopted once a certain relative altitude is reached.
  Otherwise, yes ... I can see a world where this procedure is catastrophic.
  
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bri3d 2 days ago

I think it's a typical retrofit outdoor coaxial cable run. The ridiculously haphazard installation method matches my usual experience with cable provider installations, too.

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