In China, Meituan and Ele.me are undoubtedly the strongest food delivery industries in the country, and Meituan has far more users than Ele.me. As early as September last year, Meituan applied for a patent for drone delivery. Why did Meituan officially announce new news recently? That’s because it also needs a transition from patent application to official use.

Drone delivery patent requires the use of drones, and there are certain requirements for drones. Drones must be able to deliver goods safely and accurately to the destination. It can be seen that before the drone is officially put into use, it needs to undergo certain modifications before it can be officially put into use. So according to the news, Meituan officially announced the news on February 2.

Many people may still question whether drone delivery services are feasible, but judging from the results achieved by Amazon, it is not impossible for delivery boys to be replaced by drones.

Under the influence of the general environment, Meituan has launched the slogan of "contactless food delivery" in some cities by using "unmanned vehicles" and has achieved good results.

It is understood that the “unmanned vehicle” used by Meituan is a product jointly developed by Meituan and Valeo. This unmanned electric vehicle is called Valeo eDeliver4U. It is 1.7 meters high, 1.2 meters wide and 2.8 meters long. It can deliver up to 17 takeaways at a time. It is equipped with a large-capacity lithium battery and has a speed of 25km/h. The top speed can be up to 50km/h. It can accurately pick up goods according to the merchant's positioning, travel autonomously in the city, and then accurately deliver the goods to customers.

The emergence of driverless cars has once again subverted the food delivery industry, which is by no means "good news" for food delivery guys. The times are advancing, artificial intelligence is constantly being optimized, machine work will slowly replace human work, and millions of delivery boys will inevitably face the dilemma of unemployment. In fact, not only the food delivery industry, the development of artificial intelligence will cause many human jobs to be replaced by machines. This is a problem we may all face, so we should also be fully prepared to face what may happen in the future. "disuse".