Collaborate Disseminate
Despite the obvious potential of autonomous commercial drone deliveries, these services are taking an agonizingly long time to hit the mainstream. The issue is mainly a regulatory one; the technology’s been more or less ready for years, but authorities… Continue reading Two Italian heavy-lift drones deliver 52 kg of cargo in Turin
While there are numerous questions about the logistics of drone delivery technology, here’s one that not everyone thinks of: What if no one is home when the drone shows up? Well, the DroneDek system is designed with that scenario in mind.Continue Readi… Continue reading DroneDek mailbox designed to securely accept deliveries-by-drone
It was just last year that we heard about A2Z Drone Delivery’s RDS1 system, which lets third-party delivery drones drop cargo to customers on a long tether. Well, the technology has now been incorporated into a custom-designed multicopter drone.Continu… Continue reading Cargo-dropping delivery system integrated into purpose-built drone
Drones may prove to be a more expedient means of delivering many items, but a number of research projects have demonstrated that dropping defibrillators off to heart attack victims could have life-saving consequences. A new study from a Swedish team of… Continue reading Real-world tests show life-saving potential of defibrillator drones
With a near monopoly on delivery, Amazon is understandably keen to make the job easier. The latest idea that may or may not eventually see the light of day is a new patent for a system where delivery vans would carry items almost to their destination, … Continue reading Amazon patents trucks that unleash and direct fleets of delivery drones
German drone maker Wingcopter has today introduced a new generation model, the Wingcopter 198. This all-electric tilt-rotor vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) fixed-wing drone is capable of delivering three packages to multiple locations during one … Continue reading Latest Wingcopter delivery drone can haul three packages at once
While aerial drones do show promise as a means of urban parcel delivery, their small size will limit them to carrying relatively light packages. An experimental new system, however, lets multiple drones team up to hoist heftier items.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading Collaborative tech lets drones work together to lift heavy loads
Early in March the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine drone deliveries began in the African nation of Ghana. The drone dropped 250 vaccine doses by parachute to a rural health center, one of 36 deliveries completed on the first day.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Drones deliver COVID-19 vaccines to remote African regions
Florida’s Undefined Technologies claims it has managed to increase the thrust levels of ion propulsion systems to “unprecedented levels” with its “Air Tantrum” technology, enabling near-silent drones with no moving parts, that look like flying pallets…. Continue reading Will the physics add up for near-silent, ion-propelled cargo drones?
Many people don’t like the thought of delivery drones buzzing up to their doorstep, with their propellers whirling dangerously close. The RDS1 setup was designed with that in mind, as it drops packages – in free-fall – but doesn’t let them hit the grou… Continue reading Drone delivery system drops packages from 150 feet – on a tether