Delivery Drones

A drone startup is able to ship the items to Silicon Valley – from the sky. MANNA Robotics final week introduced the launch of a drone supply system. The challenge started 5 years in the past when present MANNA CEO Eric Smalls envisioned a brand new robotic supply plan that …

A serious Canadian delivery-drone agency is teaming up with Toyota to create a UAV supply logistics platform. Drone Delivery Canada introduced the partnership May 28 with Toyota Tsusho Canada Inc. – a subsidiary of the well-known Toyota Group. The effort will see TTCI take part with DDC’s industrial pilot program …

 Package supply large UPS has put main assets behind the event of latest applied sciences like drone supply and driverless automobiles.  But UPS drivers is probably not as enthusiastic concerning the modifications. The Teamsters, the labor union representing UPS drivers, has known as for a prohibition in opposition to the …

There’s a brand new drone firm in China, and its already making its mark.  Founded in 2016, drone manufacturing agency Tengoen has already made important inroads within the army market.  Now the corporate is working to carry that expertise to the industrial sector. “In the cargo and delivery space, Tengoen …

Drone innovators who wish to attempt their options at take a look at websites in Japan can do it right now – registering and getting authorization by way of cellular apps. Japanese e-commerce large Rakuten and main drone platform supplier AirMap launch Rakuten AirMap: a localized Unmanned Traffic Management Platform …

Matternet, a California-based developer of autonomous drone logistics methods, and Mercedes-Benz Vans not too long ago flew right into a key milestone for drone supply, finishing 100 deliveries for Swiss on-line retailer siroop between September and October. The pilot challenge has taken off after the automotive big struck a deal …

China’s e-commerce big JD.com has chosen NVIDIA to deliver AI to drone and robotic supply.  NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang introduced the collaboration throughout his keynote handle at GTC China, the first of NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conferences. JDrone and JDrover are the newest creations from JD X, the innovation …

An older mannequin of Amazon’s drone, 2015. Amazon appears undaunted, persevering with to maneuver ahead on drone supply regardless of continued regulatory resistance.  They launched the latest model of their supply drone – beneath strict supervision by safety guards – this weekend at the SXSW know-how convention in Austin, TX. …

Mega-retailer Amazon continues to spread it corporate wings into the drone space, filing a patent for a new type of hybrid folding-wing design. The patent was filed in 2014 and published on Dec. 24. The application describes a drone design in which the aircraft “transitions in-flight between vertical flight configuration and …