Commercial Robotics Must Account for the Human Element, Interoperability, Says FedEx’s Aaron Prather
March 24, 2021
Aaron Prather, R&D evangelist at FedEx, tells Robotics 24/7 what developers and vendors need to focus on for commercial success.
Flytrex Obtains $9.3M With Venture Financing and Innovation Grant for Drone Deliveries
March 21, 2021
Flytrex, an on-demand drone delivery provider for food and retail, has announced the closing of financing to expand its U.S. presence and scale up production and R&D capabilities.
Frontline Relief With 3D Printing
February 15, 2021
Additive manufacturing comes to the rescue in earthquake, tsunami, and even war.
Amazon’s Drone Delivery Hits Milestone with Federal Aviation Administration Clearance
August 31, 2020
Retail behemoth Amazon.com took a big leap toward delivering goods from the sky by becoming one of only a handful of companies certified by the U.S. government to...
UPS Flight Forward and CVS to Launch Residential Drone Delivery Service in Florida
April 27, 2020
UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward will use drones to deliver prescription medicines from a CVS pharmacy to The Villages, Florida for the largest U.S. retirement community home, to more...
UPS and CVS herald initial drone deliveries of prescription medicine
November 5, 2019
Roughly one month after receiving the United States government's first full Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Part 135 Standard certification, which is required to operate a drone airline, Atlanta-based transportation and logistics...
Introducing Ware: Automating Warehouse Inventory Tracking with Drone Technology
October 23, 2019
At Ware, we are building technology to help warehouses increase the efficiency of their operations so they can keep up with - and even dictate - the pace at which...
Warehouse Drones: Real-Time Inventory Tracking by Air
October 4, 2019
Aerial robots are enabling organizations to use employees more efficiently and improve inventory accuracy in a world where consumers want everything now.
UPS Flight Forward Achieves FAA’s First Full Approval for Drone Airline Deliveries
October 2, 2019
The Federal Aviation Administration last week granted approval for UPS to operate unmanned aerial vehicles to deliver parcels on university and hospital campuses.
UPS receives FAA Part 135 Standard certification to operate drones
October 1, 2019
Atlanta-based transportation and logistics bellwether UPS said it received the United States government's first full Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Part 135 Standard certification, which is required to operate a drone airline.
Drones to Play Key Role in Food Cold Chain Logistics
August 28, 2019
A new generation of transport providers may be making some forms of temperature control system irrelevant, says the upstart drone company, Flytrex.
Researchers in Denmark Apply AI to Autonomous Drones
June 6, 2019
The AiR Lab designs and prints its own drone prototypes while developing hybrid controllers.
Amazon’s Drone Delivery Program is “Taking Off”
June 5, 2019
Amazon, within months, moves closer to its goal of a drone delivery solution that scales to meet the needs of customers.
Digital Warehouse Transformation: Using Autonomous Drones for Inventory Management
May 31, 2019
The business benefits from drones are significant and immediate given low capital expenditure & infrastructure investments, access to off-the-shelf drone hardware, and SaaS-based solutions for warehouse operations, FlytBase, an enterprise drone...
Are Drones A Sky-High Vision For The Future of Logistics?
May 23, 2019
In theory, this is the future of the transportation and logistics industry, but when we go outside, the skies aren't filled with a swarm of drones whirring above us, the...
UPS Partners with Matternet to Transport Medical Samples via Drone across Hospital System
March 27, 2019
First FAA sanctioned use of a drone for routine revenue flights involving the transport of a product under a contractual delivery agreement.
Autonomous Cargo Drone Does Heavy Lifting
March 27, 2019
Sabrewing has designed two hybrid-electric aircraft that can autonomously deliver hundreds of pounds of cargo to remote locations.
Learn How to Develop Sensor Solutions for Drones, Autonomous Vehicles and Robots
January 21, 2019
Short video addresses the New ACEINNA OpenIMU Sensor Package for Autonomous Vehicle Guidance and Navigation.
Google’s Parent Company Alphabet Will Begin ‘Wing’ Aerial Drone Deliveries in Finland
December 6, 2018
Wing, the Alphabet-owned drone delivery startup, has announced that it will launch a free 10-minute trial distribution service starting in spring 2019 in Finland.
