Delivery Drones - Air Concepts
Perhaps Maersk wants to deliver a 10 kg cookie?
Beyond cookie delivery >>> Maersk wants to deliver 10 kg packages over 10 kilometers via delivery drone In January, the company made a drone fly 250 meters from one of its barges to a tanker and drop off a batch of cookies. It’s now looking for a...
Walmart to use inventory drones at their 190 U.S. distribution centers
Walmart is getting ready to use inventory management drones in their distribution centers. Taking 30 pictures per second, the drone can catalog in one day what would take human employees one month using handheld scanning devices. Expected timeline is 6-9 months until...
DHL’s ParcelCopter 3.0 – A Tiltwing Delivery Drone
Bavarian Tested >>> The DHL ParcelCopter 3.0 Designed for integration into its logistic chain and as a tool for improving infrastructure in hard-to-reach areas, over a three month period the latest version of DHL’s ParcelCopter was rigorously tested....
Catalonia at the vanguard of drone development?
UAVs in Catalonia are highly ranked (4 out of the top 10 worldwide as per one research study). Reasons? Catalonia has extensive drone history (since the 1980’s) They have the BCN Drone Center (a specialist drone center with 2,500 hectares of segregated airspace...
Drones in Japanese Golf Courses
Starting May 9, Rakuten will test drone deliveries on a golf course in Japan. The drones can provide food, snacks and small accessories (e.g. new golf balls) to players while they are out on the course between 8:30 am and 3 pm. Maximum parcel weight is 2 kg. Minimum...
Google’s Talking Delivery Drone
“Caution: Stay Back,” the Google delivery drone might say… An April 25th patent outlines how Google’s tether-based delivery mechanism would be complemented by multi-colored warning lights and matter-of-fact voice commands. Will you be looking forward...
Walmart Joins the Delivery Drone Race!
Walmart to test drones for home delivery, grocery pickup and warehouse inventory management. Likely to use DJI S900 drones with 5 kg (11 lb) payload capacity…
Disruptive and Innovative Parcel Drone Deliveries Down Under
Australia Post has confirmed they are aiming for a 2016 parcel delivery drone trial with a major e-tailer (electronic retailer). Max payload weight – 10 kg or …
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