From 2065438 to September 2003, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) independently developed by SF Express for delivering express mail completed internal testing and put into trial operation in some areas. This kind of UAV uses eight rotors, has a cargo area, and the flying height is about 100 meters. It has a built-in navigation system, and the staff set the destination and route in advance. No one will reach the destination automatically, and the error is less than 2 meters.
20 13 12, Amazon said that it is testing a drone express project called "Prime Air", which realizes the delivery of the following sizes of goods in the shoe box by using an 8-paddle remote control drone. All orders are expected to be delivered to customers within 1.6 km from the delivery time. At the same time, UPS is also testing similar UAV equipment.
20 14 In August, Google announced the "Wing Plan" delivery drone research and development project that has been quietly implemented for two years, expressing the hope to launch a small drone express service within a few years. The prototype of Google delivery drone is about 1.5 meters wide and 0.8 meters high. It has four propellers and can transport packages to the ground from a height of about 46 meters above the ground.
20 14 10, DHL announced the realization of drone delivery in Germany. The company's quadrotor UAV can carry 1.2 kilograms of cargo, with a flight time of 45 minutes and a top speed of 65 kilometers per hour. However, the drone is not completely divorced from manpower and is still controlled by the ground crew.
2065438+In February, 2005, Taobao cooperated with YTO Express to carry out drone express experiments in parts of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The model of propeller-driven UAV is a black-and-white fuselage, covering an area of about 0.25 square meters.
2065438+On June 30, 2005, an Israeli company launched a delivery drone with a price of less than 4,000 yuan.
Google UAV has applied for a patent for express parcel. Since Amazon and Wal-Mart successively entered the logistics industry and launched the service of delivering parcels by drones, Google, which has been unwilling to lag behind, recently applied for the patent of delivering express parcels by drones. It is reported that according to a patent application published by the US Patent and Trademark Office, this project developed by Google is a "express receiving container" installed on "air distribution equipment" to facilitate the safe delivery of parcels to their destinations.