This year marks the launch of some of the first publicly available drone delivery programs — here's how they could tackle early drop-off challenges:
a patent for a technology that enables drones to recognize human movements, which could be used to drop parcels directly to humans, for example.purpose-built mailboxes for drones to drop parcels on top of. The firm's mailbox utilizes smart technology to communicate with a drone and guide it to the landing pad. Autonomous drones will be able to use GPS coordinates to locate delivery addresses.a partnership last year to codevelop smart drone mailboxes similar to Valqari's.
But the proliferation of drone delivery drop-off solutions will create a fragmented landscape that'll be problematic for consumers and logistics firms. If each drone delivery company creates a proprietary system or technology for package drop-offs, it could limit which services consumers use, as installing multiple systems could be unwieldy. This would effectively limit the revenue-generating abilities of companies' drone delivery programs.
The USPS could mimic this approach for drone deliveries, creating a new standardized mailbox or landing pad that consumers will need to have at their homes to receive deliveries via drone. By using a standardized solution, all consumers would be able to utilize the services of a variety of different drone delivery companies.
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