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Keller Cliffton
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Keller Cliffton
@Keller
Founder and CEO @Zipline. Previously, built DNA/RNA computers and climbing walls. Harvard grad. Ex-professional rock climber.
- And just like that, something that seemed impossible is now a normal part of life
00:00 - Today, Chipotle announced autonomous burrito delivery. They are calling it “Zipotle”. As someone who spent years living off burrito bowls, I can’t believe I can now get Chipotle delivered by a robot in less than 10 minutes. @ChipotleTweets
00:00 - Making a video of a robot doing something once and then posting to the internet is extremely easy. Making something that operates in the real world reliably is hard and unfancy. One example: using fog machines and cold to stress test flying in icing conditions at test site
00:00 - Today, Zipline launched in Dallas, our first major metro in the US. We’re seeing the dawn of a new era of robotic instant logistics that is going to become an indispensable part of our lives. After 4 years and hundreds of thousands of test flights, teleportation is finally here.
00:00 - Making autonomous vehicles that work in the real world is hard and unfancy. We're flying 700+ flights a day, 24/7 at our test sites and we don't slow down when weather gets gnarly. Multiple surprising and hard to predict discoveries from this kind of weather testing...
00:00 - Phew, crazy 24 hours. In case you missed it, @zipline just announced our new home delivery service. We are reinventing instant delivery to make it 7x as fast as cars, less expensive, and zero-emission.
00:00 - 3 @zipline aircraft have now flown more than 1 million kilometers (621K+ miles) each. This is dramatically more than the average car and the equivalent of 25 trips around Earth. Blows my mind.
00:00 - Wrapping up another evening shift at Zipline’s first New Jersey testing facility. The team has been scaling like crazy since we opened 60 days ago!
00:00 - @zipline now making long range autonomous deliveries of COVID products to hospitals in the US every day. Honestly wasn’t sure I’d ever see this
00:00 - First installation of Zipline delivery infrastructure in Seattle. Can't talk about our partner yet, but will focus on a life-saving healthcare mission. US rollout has begun...
