Ford's Headless Delivery Boys Are Coming To Your Neighborhood In Just 1.5 Years

Or so they hope!

Howdy folks and greetings from the Great Plains of North Texas where I think it will be awhile before we see these things here.

The problem

With the increase in online sales the biggest problem for Amazon and major retailers is the huge volume of deliveries needed and how to execute them. Last year alone Amazon spent 27 Billion dollars on delivering packages!

Ford to the rescue!

So Ford says they have the answer. By 2021 they plan on unleashing not only their fleets of autonomous(for you rednecks out there that mean driverless)vehicles but also their robot delivery boys. lol.

They can save a bloody fortune by cutting out human delivery drivers.

Here's a picture of this thing, it's pretty dorky looking:

And here's a short video of the gimpy thing in action:

Mr. Gimpy there is really awkward and slow as molasses. The delivery van pulls up, the back hatch opens, and an arm sticks out with Gimpy on the end of it and he lowers his legs and is ready to pick up the package.

It'll be interesting to see how this system works. My first question is what about the North half of the U.S. in the winter time? There's no way Mr. Gimpy can stand on ice and walk in deep snow.

No way this works in winter

In every Northern city I've lived in there are almost no passable sidewalks anywhere in the city once you get into winter. People are forced to walk in the street.

So Gimpy would be unusable for months. Plus in most areas, that I've been in anyway, kids would knock it over or kidnap it just for the fun of it. Can you imagine going into the inner city with this? lol.

They'll have to keep innovatin

And what about apartment buildings? Gimpy doesn't open doors. Plus many buildings have a buzzer to allow someone in.

I'm sure they'll eventually get there but right now it looks like they'll be very limited by weather and what kind of building the delivery is going to. I'm sure you guys can think of even more obstacles.

But they claim they're starting in just 1.5 years so we'll see. I'm shocked that it's starting so soon.

Domino's wants to eliminate drivers too

And have you seen Domino's Pizza delivery vehicle? That's even more ludicrous.

The thing crawls along real slow and it's small. Way too easy for people to just toss it in the back of a pickup or a van. lol. I think they'll have alot of pizzas that never show up.

At least they're starting this out in Holland and Germany so it might work over there. In most areas of the United States, I'm sorry but I think many people seeing this thing would just think "Yay! Free pizza!"

Not in Redneck Country

Domino's is already using drones to deliver pizzas in New Zealand so that's pretty cool. I don't think that would work in my part of the country over here though.

In my neighborhood, I guarantee you that people would shoot down drones if they saw them flying over their property. We take our privacy seriously!

Thanks for reading folks!
-jonboy
Texas
the gentleman redneck

PS- Everyday I've been posting a photo which supposedly represents each state, this is from a ridiculous but fun article I found on www.livingmgz.com.

Today's state is the great state of Idaho! I can't recall any Steemians from Idaho, are there any?

Anyway, I also can't think of an iconic feature that would fit here (except a big potato?)although the state is loaded with fantastic natural beauty which would be perfect to show.

The writers of the article couldn't think of anything either and neither could the state highway department:

lol! God bless you all!