“There’s just not enough drivers to work for delivery companies, so you could be waiting an hour for your bag of chips.” But turning flying delivery robots into reality means fitting powerful AI systems onto small aircraft while meeting stringent safety and regulatory requirements. When a pizza becomes a wingOther drone delivery companies are solving more item-specific challenges. Concerned communitiesBeyond optimizing fleets and onboard compute capacity, drone delivery companies have another challenge on their hands: winning over communities who are suspicious of the technology. Healy and Regev both believe that drone delivery will lead to a more convenient, greener, and safer society, with fewer vehicles on the roads.