{"id":51275,"date":"2019-11-19T14:48:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T09:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=51275"},"modified":"2019-11-19T14:48:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T09:18:50","slug":"fact-check-can-you-pick-up-a-40-tonne-truck-with-2000-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-can-you-pick-up-a-40-tonne-truck-with-2000-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact-check: Can you pick up a 40 tonne truck with 2,000 drones?"},"content":{"rendered":"

World of Engineering, a Twitter account which shares content related to science, technology and engineering, tweeted a six-second video which shows drones lifting a truck on\u00a0 November 17. The video was tweeted with the caption ‘Can you pick up a 40-tonne truck with 2,000 drones?<\/em> Credit to @ScaniaGroup.<\/em>‘ It has received over 15,000 re-tweets and over 69,000 likes.<\/p>\n

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Can you pick up a 40-ton truck with 2,000 drones?<\/p>\n

Credit to @ScaniaGroup<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/q2oMBJyStZ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 World of Engineering (@engineers_feed) November 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since then many people have uploaded or shared the same video on social media.<\/p>\n

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November 18: There were fresh instances of this video on Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Leaving many puzzled about the capabilities of present-day drone technology.<\/p>\n

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From clickbait to newsfeed<\/h2>\n

Several people, including Giuliano Liguori, founder of GLWEB, an Italy-based Italy-based engineering company, were quick to point out that <\/span>the video in question is made using CGI (computer-generated imagery).<\/p>\n

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The video is a cool #CGI<\/a> advert made by @ScaniaGroup<\/a>. Do you think it’s possible for #drones<\/a> to lift a #truck<\/a>? Via @ingliguori<\/a>#innovation<\/a> #drone<\/a> #challenge<\/a> #future<\/a>@enricomolinari<\/a> @FrRonconi<\/a> @Paula_Piccard<\/a> @Julez_Norton<\/a> @NevilleGaunt<\/a> @Lago72<\/a> @alvinfoo<\/a> @AghiathChbib<\/a> @techpearce2<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/yduGTBCbaG<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Giuliano Liguori (@ingliguori) October 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Scania, a Sweden-based commercial vehicles manufacturer, has uploaded multiple videos which involve drones lifting trucks. One of them is uploaded on YouTube as ‘Scania truck lifted by drones’ where the use of CGI is obvious. As per PRNewswire<\/a>, they signed an agreement with Bublar Group’s subsidiary Vobling for services related to CGI, augmented reality and virtual reality on September 27.<\/p>\n