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Delivery drone

A Zipline drone designed for delivering medical supplies and blood.
The RQ-7 Shadow is capable of delivering a 20 lb (9.1 kg) "Quick-MEDS" canister to front-line troops.
A Wingcopter drone delivering COVID-19 test kits in Scotland.[1]

A delivery drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed to transport items such as packages, medicines, foods, postal mails, and other light goods.[2] Large corporations like Amazon, DHL, and FedEx have started to use drone delivery services.[2] Drones were used effectively in the fight against COVID-19, delivering millions of vaccines and medical supplies across the globe.[3] Drone deliveries are highly efficient, significantly speeding up delivery times and avoiding challenges traditional delivery vehicles may encounter. Given their life-saving potential, use cases for medical supplies in particular have become the most widely tested type of drone delivery, with trials and pilot projects in dozens of countries such as Australia,[4] Canada,[5] Botswana,[6] Ghana, Uganda,[7] the UK,[8] the US[9] among others (see below).

Delivery drones can be autonomous, semi-autonomous, or remote-controlled.[10] The most common types of drones are terrestrial and aerial, however, they can also be aquatic.[10]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference GuardianWingcopter was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Hossain, Mokter (2022-03-01). "Autonomous Drones: A Game Changer in Lightweight Delivery Services". California Management Review Insights.
  3. ^ Solomon, Michele (2022-07-01). "Drone Delivery of Medications and Healthcare Supplies". Disruptive Healthcare. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  4. ^ Koetsier, John. "Google's Wing Kicks Off Mall-To-Home Drone Delivery Service". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  5. ^ Stewart, Ashleigh. "How lungs delivered by drone saved an Ontario man's life". CBC News.
  6. ^ "Drones deliver blood to prevent maternal death in Botswana | UN News". news.un.org. 2021-05-30. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  7. ^ Okiror, Samuel (2021-05-04). "'Gamechanger': Uganda launches drone delivering HIV drugs to remote islands". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  8. ^ "UK's Royal Mail aims to open up to 50 drone routes for rural deliveries". Engadget. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  9. ^ "Drone companies are preparing to deliver coronavirus vaccines in rural U.S." Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  10. ^ a b "Drones and Personal Delivery Devices - The Nexus - Urbanism Next". www.urbanismnext.org. Retrieved 2024-04-23.

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