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Back in July, the Japanese government outlined an intriguing idea to connect major cities with what sounded like a giant “conveyor belt” for cargo. Now we have a clearer picture of what that “Auto Flow Road” will look like.Continue ReadingCategory: Tra… Continue reading Autonomous, self-sorting cargo highways outlined for Japan
Though not exactly commonplace quite yet, rolling robots have been delivering goods to local customers for a while now. At the same time, packages have been flying overhead by drone. Now Serve Robotics and Wing Aviation are ready to merge the two.Conti… Continue reading Robot-to-drone food deliveries takes off in Dallas
Following successful trials last year at a UK wind farm, Denmark’s Ørsted has now put heavy lift drones to work at a 94-turbine offshore wind farm in the North Sea – completing resupply missions up to 15 times faster while also reducing costs.Continue … Continue reading Heavy lift drones deliver critical cargo to offshore wind turbines
The Scottish company behind a novel heavy-lift utility UAV that uses an internal combustion engine and hydraulic motors has now frozen design plans and is preparing for production following successful flight tests in Denmark.Continue ReadingCategory: A… Continue reading Heavy-lifting, long-range hydraulic uUAV multirotor flies into production
Although DJI is probably the best-known manufacturer of consumer and cinematography drones, it hasn’t ventured into the world of delivery drones … until last week, that is. The company’s recently unveiled FlyCart 30 (FC30) is now set to join the growin… Continue reading DJI announces its first-ever delivery drone, the FlyCart 30
Fresh video shows that one of the most fascinating eVTOL aircraft designs we’ve seen is now flying at larger scale. The Transwing platform uses a unique dihedral folding wing system to move between hover and cruise modes, unlocking huge advantages.Cont… Continue reading Pterodyamics scales up its remarkable dihedral Transwing eVTOL
They’re some of the world’s largest mammals, but whales are notoriously difficult for scientists to gather good intel on. While surface populations can be counted and watched, observational research is limited given the animals spend around 95% of thei… Continue reading Whale-chasing drones are a marine science game-changer, study reveals
If a drone is large and powerful enough to carry packages long distances, then that drone is likely too big and noisy to be landing in amongst trees, houses and bystanders. The BMT Sparrow system could help, by autonomously steering lowered loads.Conti… Continue reading BMT Sparrow tech uses autonomous modules to steer drone-delivered goods
When we last heard about Zipline, the California company was using parachutes to drop packages from its delivery drones to the ground. The firm’s just-announced Platform 2 (P2) system, however, lowers loads inside of self-steering “droids.”Continue Rea… Continue reading Self-steering droids define Zipline’s new Platform 2 drone delivery service
Food vendors won’t have to wait around for Wing’s delivery drones to come pick up an order. The company has released video of new “AutoLoader” stations that’ll hang onto boxes waiting for a skyhook-style pickup from the next available drone.Continue Re… Continue reading Wing shows off AutoLoaders for its drone delivery network