分類彙整: unmanned aerial vehicle
UPS, CVS Begin Delivering Prescriptions Via Drone
UPS and CVS completed their first consumer drone deliveries, transporting medical prescriptions to two separate customers on Friday. Both flights—one directly to a consumer’s home, the other to a nearby retirement community—were made […]
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UPS, CVS Team Up to Deliver Prescriptions Via Drone
UPS and CVS inked a deal to bring drone deliveries to customers’ homes. The partnership, which covers other unmanned aerial vehicle use cases, includes dropping prescriptions at the doors of CVS Pharmacy customers. […]
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UPS Earns Full FAA Approval For ‘Drone Airline’
UPS has received government approval to operate a drone airline. The shipping company, granted a Part 135 Standard certification, can now fly pilotless aerial vehicles beyond human operators’ visual line of sight—day or […]
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Climate Activists Plan Non-Violent Drone Strike at Heathrow Airport
Folks planning to fly in or out of London on Sept. 13 may want to rethink their travel arrangements. Climate activists intend to disrupt traffic at one of the world’s dominant airports next […]
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UPS Wants to Bring Drone Deliveries to U.S. Hospitals
Move over, Amazon: UPS is on track to have one of the country’s first fully certified, revenue-generating drone operations. The United Parcel Service this week applied to the FAA for approval to conduct […]
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Amazon’s Prime Air Drone Will Make Same-Day Deliveries
Amazon this week expanded its free one-day shipping service, promising to deliver last-minute products to Prime members the very next day. But what if you need sunscreen and beach towels now? The company […]
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Google Wing Delivers Food, Meds to Australians Via Drone
Google’s Project Wing drone delivery service will take to the skies over Australia’s capital “in the coming weeks.” After 18 months of trials, Project Wing—an offshoot of Google parent company Alphabet—earned approval to […]
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UPS To Transport Medical Samples Via Drone
The United Parcel Service this week announced a “groundbreaking” new program to deliver medical samples via drone. In partnership with Matternet, UPS will operate multiple daily flights at Raleigh’s WakeMed hospital and campus, […]
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Koala-Spotting Drones Outdo Human Experts
Researchers in Australia developed a fast, reliable way to count koalas using drones. By flying unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with infrared imaging, a team from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) can spot […]
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