owned by Alphabet Wing drone delivery service，announcedThe service will begin on April 7 in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area of Texas, USA, making it the first large metropolitan area in the United States to carry out drone delivery services, and the largest metropolitan area with drone delivery services in the world. .
Wing will start the service with Walgreens, a drugstore, as its main customer, delivering products directly to buyers’ homes. In order to adapt to the different operation types of the metropolis, Wing’s drones will not be dispatched from a unified location, but will be set up in designated Walgreens parking lots with take-off and landing centers transformed with small containers. In addition to Walgreens, other additions include Blue Bell Creameries ice cream, Easyvet pet prescription medication and Texas Health first aid kits.
The composite multi-rotor/fixed-wing UAV used by Wing is designed by the company itself and can carry goods weighing no more than 1.5kg to a distance of up to 10 kilometers. The drone has the ability to be fully autonomous, but it can also be remotely controlled by the driver when necessary. Natural backup motors, batteries and navigation systems are also readily available.
Although it is said to start service in the “Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area”, of course, it is unlikely that the entire city will be able to enjoy it from the beginning, but the “tens of thousands of people in the Frisco and Little Elm areas in the north” will start. “The family begins. Even so, Wing can’t guarantee that everyone can get the goods on the first day, but depends on the usage and user feedback, and the scope is increased little by little.
