Uma sikhuluma ngenkampani Sawubona Hawk mhlawumbe akuzwakali njengokuthile kuwe. Mhlawumbe ungakuqonda okunye uma siqala ukuxoxa ngodaba lokuthi le nkampani ingenye yezinkampani okwamanje ezitshala imali eningi kakhulu kuphrojekthi lapho kwenziwa khona umsebenzi kuyo. ukuthuthukiswa kwama-drones okuqala okuzimela afakwe amandla okuhambisa abantu ngaphakathi, okuthile abaqale ukukukhombisa ezivivinyweni zabo zokuqala zensimu.
Ngaphandle kwakho konke lokhu, kungahle noma kungabonakala kungathandeki kuwe, ngikutshele ukuthi okushaya amanzi ngempela ngalolu daba lonke futhi kukhomba ukuthi kungani le nkampani ibe nezimali ezingaka selokhu yasungulwa, ukuthi umsunguli wayo uqobo Larry Page, umsunguli we-Google futhi ngubani, ngokusho kwabahlaziyi abathile, otshalile imali engaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-100 zemali yakhe ekuthuthukiseni iCora.
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Yini uCora? Kungani ivelele kwabanye izimbangi?
Njengoba wazi kahle, namuhla sekuvele kunezinkampani eziningana ezisebenza ekuthuthukiseni lokho okubizwe ngetekisi lesikhathi esizayo. Endabeni ethize yeCora sikhuluma ngohlobo lwe-drone efakwe Izinjini eziyi-12 Iyakwazi ukwenza imoto yasemoyeni inyuke futhi yehle ibheka phezulu, njengokungathi iyindiza enophephela emhlane, kanye nesoftware ethize ngokuphelele eyenzayo zisebenza ngokuzimela ngokupheleleLokho wukuthi, ingahamba isuke kwenye indawo iye kwenye ngaphandle kwesidingo sokuba umshayeli wendiza ayilawule kude ukusuka ngaphakathi noma ngaphandle.
Ukungena emininingwaneni ethe xaxa, ngikutshele ukuthi imoto eyakhiwe ngongoti bakaKitty Hawk, uma isikhuphukile futhi isemoyeni, iyakwazi ukuzungeza endaweni ijubane eliphezulu elifinyelela kumakhilomitha ayi-177 ngehora ezindaweni eziphakeme ezitholakalayo phakathi kwamamitha angu-500 no-3.000. Uma ubheka ezinye izinhlobo zedatha, akutshele ukuthi sikhuluma ngohlelo olungamamitha ayi-11 wamaphiko ahamba ngogesi ngokuphelele ukuzimela okuthinta amakhilomitha ayi-100.
Ebhekene nezimbangi zakhe, ezibonakala zibheja ngohlobo oluthile lwedrone enkulu, ukubheja kukaKitty Hawk noCora ngomklamo omuhle kakhulu. Njengoba ukwazi ukubona ezithombeni, kudalwe uhlobo lwendiza kabani ophephela batholakala ezimpikweni ezifanayo, kokubili endaweni engaphambili yophiko nangemuva. Eposini lokuphepha, onjiniyela bakhethe ukuhlinzeka uCora nge ama-computer amathathu azimele ngokuphelele ukuze kuthi uma umuntu ehluleka, idrone ingaqhubeka nokusebenza. Ama-rotors nawo azimele ngokuphelele futhi, uma konke okunye kwehluleka, umkhumbi uhlonyiswe ngeparachute ekwaziyo ukuwenza uhlale ngaphandle kwesidingo sokuthi izinjini zawo zikhanyiswe.
Ngemuva kweminyaka eminingi yentuthuko, itekisi elikhokhelwa yi-Larry Page eliyoxhaswa ngemali ekugcineni lizoqala ukuhlolwa enkundleni evulekile.
Njengoba sishilo ekuqaleni, ngemuva kokutshalwa komuntu uqobo kukaLarry Page okungaphezulu kwama-dollar ayizigidi eziyi-100 ekuthuthukiseni le phrojekthi futhi, ngemuva kokulinda iminyaka eminingi, kubonakala sengathi seyakhekile ekugcineni. Injalo inqubekelaphambili iphrojekthi okwamanje yokuthi, ngemuva kokwenza ngempumelelo konke ukuhlolwa kokusebenza endlini, isikhathi sesifikile sokuqala ukwenza okuhlukile Ukuhlolwa kwenkambu.
Lokhu kungenye yamaphuzu entekenteke kakhulu wephrojekthi ngenxa, phakathi kokunye, nemikhawulo ebekwe ukuphathwa okuhlukile. Ukuxazulula le nkinga ekugcineni, inkampani exhaswa ngumsunguli weGoogle isixhumane nohulumeni waseNew Zealand, okuthi, ngokusho kukaNdunankulu wayo, uJacinda Ardern, ngesikhathi enza isitatimende sokugcina kwabezindaba, ufinyelele esivumelwaneni nale nkampani ukuze ikwazi ukuhlola izimoto zayo ezweni.