Autonomous vehicles, drones and other driverless types of technology are an answer to heightened customer demand for products anywhere, any time. Follow MH&L's regular coverage of the latest developments.
The drone delivery service in Rwanda, a partnership between UPS, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and Zipline, will help the country expand the types of medicines and lifesaving vaccines that can be delivered.
UPS, with CyPhy Works, staged a mock delivery of urgently needed medicine from Beverly, Mass. to Children's Island, which is about three miles off the Atlantic coast.
The delivery drone, constructed from carbon fiber, aluminum and 3-D printed components, lowers its cargo via tether and has built- in safety features such as low battery return to safe location and auto-return home in case of low GPS signal...
Google will participate in safety research through Project Wing, which will work at one of the six research centers set up by the Federal Aviation Administration for drone tests.
The remotely controlled drone captured 30 frames per second of products on aisles and can reduce the process of checking inventory, which usually takes one month, to one day.
The urban delivery demonstrated that advanced drone systems allow aerial vehicles to safely navigate around buildings and deliver packages with precision within a populated area.
UAVs are a safe, reliable and cost-effective way to monitor traffic flows, obtain photos from inside confined spaces and gather data on bridge conditions.
Maersk Tankers is testing delivery to vessels on drones that have been certified for explosive environments. The purpose of this test is to use a drone that is already ATEX approved for potentially explosive environments, and see how the concept...
