Tuesday, January 06, 2015

France’s La Poste Embraces the Robopocalypse With Drone Package Delivery

Joining a succession of companies envisioning delivering parcels using unmanned air vehicles, France’s La Poste mail service claims it has successfully completed a delivery using a UAV.

Following in the footsteps of Amazon, DHL and Google, all of which are endeavouring to expand delivery operations by using UAVs to deliver small parcels, La Poste announced that through its GeoDrone project it tested the domestic delivery of a 4kg (9lb) parcel in December.

The UAV completed a delivery sequence demonstrating its ability to take-off, fly, land and drop off a parcel, then return to its starting point.

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