From: rking164@comcast.net   
      
   While we see US innovations in technology are primarily concerned with   
   military applications, we see Chinese innovation has a more local appeal to   
   the individual consumer.   
   US primarily concerned with pilotless killer drone technology while we see a   
   better technology with just the people's or local consumer interests, soon to   
   be adopted by Amazon, being shown off by China.   
      
   Of course, there should be no US opposition from the US to sell Russia such a   
   food delivery systems to serve Russian public consumer?  I know that senior   
   citizens and those without a vehicle will use such a system with unlimited   
   application in our urban    
   environment, plus saves on consumption of fossil fuel. Chinese delivery system   
   can even be solar powered with a lithium battery power bank.   
   Such a system does not have payload restrictions of a flying delivery system   
   which is much less energy efficient concerning a massive delivery system.   
      
      
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   Late last month, Zhang Qian, 27, who works as an accountant with an internet   
   company in Yizhuang, a southern suburb of Beijing, picked up her take-out   
   orders without any human interaction from an unmanned four-wheeled delivery   
   vehicle that appeared at    
   the gate of her community, and got first-hand experience of a new era for   
   consumers.   
      
   She received her order in about 20 minutes from the time of placing it online.   
   She bought fresh vegetables, fruit, seafood, meat, cooking oil, rice,   
   seasonings and other groceries through an app. After that, she received a text   
   message informing her the    
   delivery vehicle was about to arrive. And then, the driverless vehicle   
   materialized with her groceries.   
      
   Like Zhang, hundreds of millions of Chinese consumers would vouch for the   
   efficiency and reliability of unmanned delivery vehicles, a new form of   
   surface transport, now being employed by fresh food retail firms for making   
   door deliveries.   
      
   Navigated by radar and sensors, a typical unmanned delivery vehicle   
   automatically calculates optimal routes and avoids barriers and pedestrians.   
   It sends messages to the recipient concerned when approaching final   
   destinations.   
      
   A string of Chinese technology companies have been at the forefront of   
   adopting driverless delivery vehicles to enhance logistics efficiency, reduce   
   logistics costs and improve service efficiency and user experience.   
      
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