MODERN ENGINEERING MARVELS DRONES Elsie Olson Checkerboard Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com
1 special delivery It’s Sunday night and you’re wrapping up your project for school tomorrow Then you run out of red paint No craft stores are open in your town on Sunday nights Is your project doomed Not to worry With your dad’s help you go online and order the paint In about 30 minutes you hear a buzzing outside You open the front door and watch a delivery drone place a package containing the paint on your doorstep Your project is saved Drone deliveries may sound like science fiction but some companies are already testing this service Drones can deliver packages more quickly than human delivery drivers They can also deliver again and again without needing a break Drones are also known as unmanned aerial vehicles UAVs UAVs are aircraft with no human pilot onboard They can be operated by a controller on the ground using a remote control Some UAVs can operate without a human controlling them UAVs aren’t only used for delivering packages People use them for many jobs all over the world Drones may seem like a 4
Some schools have started using drones to teach students about engineering robotics programming and math concepts super modern technology but early versions of drones have been around for hundreds of years 5
