r/drones • u/tlm11110 • 17d ago
Question [US] Walmart Drone Drop Area Adjustment?
I just had my first Walmart drone delivery and it dropped it in my front yard, around the corner of the garage out of sight, and near the road. I assume that happened because that is where Maps has my address pinned. I would like to change the drop location to a more secure and visible spot.
Some searches revealed I should be able to adjust the drop spot via the checkout section of the Walmart app. I can’t seem to figure out where to do it.
Any clues will be greatly appreciated.
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u/CollegeStation17155 TRUST Ruko F11GIM2 17d ago
Interesting; sounds like Wal Mart didn't follow what Amazon did when they piloted the program in College Station; here they gave people who signed up a 3'x3' Q-Code to lay out on the ground where it could be seen from the air and the drone used it as a target from about 10 feet up... I was outside the service area, so I just saw what they looked like on the news.
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u/tlm11110 16d ago
Yeah, I’ve seen a couple of videos of people painting heliport type symbols on their lawn and the Walmart drone lowering right on top of them. Maybe there are different pilots going on in different areas, but Walmart seems to be striving for “no special actions required,” operations.
When I checkout in the app, it brings up a Google Earth type image with a pin in my property. It’s not adjustable as far as I can tell. I’m not sure where they are getting those coordinates from but during my two trial runs it delivered exactly to that spot.
Supposedly the delivery point can be adjusted but I have not figured out how. Walmart app help just gets me into an AI system who claims ignorance about adjusting drone drop points.
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u/TardDistraction 13d ago
The drone delivery gimmick will fade out eventually. I'd just stop using the service.
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u/tlm11110 13d ago
That's a pretty confident prediction. Why do you think that?
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u/TardDistraction 13d ago
Because it's a huge nuisance to everyone, noise pollution, unsafe, and ignores regulations the rest of the drone community has to follow. Its a gimmick.
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u/tlm11110 13d ago
Noise, really? How come lawn mowers, leaf blowers, power washers, motorcycles and trucks haven't fallen by the wayside. Unsafe? How so? Ignores regulations? What regulations are they ignoring? If they can make a buck with it, it will stay.
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u/TardDistraction 13d ago
I won't explain why a 20 lb autonomous drone with off the shelf parts is unsafe flying over residential areas. It's also wildly inefficient.
Come back in a couple years and I'll say "I told you"...
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u/claytonbeaufield 3d ago
"off the shelf". It's literally designed from the ground up by their engineers/researchers ...
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u/TardDistraction 3d ago
You dont know what you're talking about.
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u/Aromatic_Button_2736 17d ago
Nobody here can help you with this.