Delivery drone

A Zipline drone designed for delivering medical supplies and blood.

A delivery drone is a 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]

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

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[:72-2] 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.

[:8-10] "Drones and Personal Delivery Devices - The Nexus - Urbanism Next". www.urbanismnext.org. Retrieved 2024-04-23.

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