Burritos are a way of life for some of us here at Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Tantalizing taquerias abound throughout the city, but there is a catch: You actually have to get there. Like, with your feet. Or a bike. Or a bus or car. Sometimes even the allure of greasy, guacamole-soaked carnitas isn't enough to get our butts off the couch.

Enter the Burrito Bomber, a wrap-dropping automated drone.

Its premise is simple — but tasty, as shown in the video above. First, a parachuted burrito is loaded into a storage compartment. Second, the drone flies to a location specified by GPS. Third, the burrito is released from its storage compartment to float down peacefully to Earth. Finally, said burrito is enjoyed by a hungry aficionado of Mexican cuisine.

So who can we thank for this bit of ingenuity? Darwin Aerospace, a San Francisco-based research lab that doubles as a promotional arm for the reviews-and-recs site Yelp.

"We chose burritos because Mexican food is really popular, and the name Burrito Bomber is excellent," John Boiles, a Darwin engineer, told USNews.com. "Plus, burritos are kind of bomb-shaped."

You will, however, have to hold off on ordering drone-delivered burritos. The Federal Aviation Administration has not yet set regulations for commercial drones, but is expected to address their testing and licensing sometime before 2015.

Until then it seems we'll just have to keep on hoofing it over to that taqueria way over on the corner.

Do you think commercial drones will ever actually deliver food to customers, or are ideas like this just marketing hype? Give us your opinion in the comments.

Thumbnail image courtesy Flickr, Ross Bruniges