{"id":29320,"date":"2017-02-25T18:01:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-25T10:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=29320"},"modified":"2017-12-11T04:54:06","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T20:54:06","slug":"ups-drone-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/ups-drone-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"UPS’s Delivery Truck Can Deploy a Drone & It’s Kind Of Cool"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drones have been used to do filming and aerial photography<\/a>, however, the idea of utilising drones to deliver packages<\/strong> also isn\u2019t a new one, considering the fact that Amazon has been testing out such a system via its Prime Air initiative for a while now. However, Amazon isn\u2019t alone in this endeavour as logistics company UPS has begun testing its own drone delivery system<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unlike Amazon\u2019s method of deploying drones directly from one of its many warehouses, UPS is looking to deploy its drones from a delivery truck instead<\/strong>. According to a report by The Verge<\/a>, UPS has hired a company called Workhorse to develop the delivery truck and the drone<\/strong> that will be used for the system.<\/p>\n

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The way the system works is rather straightforward. The driver of UPS would drive the delivery truck to a place that is near to the delivery location<\/strong>. Once there, the driver would load the drone up with the correct packages.<\/p>\n

After all the packages are loaded, the driver would open the slidable roof of the truck, after which the drone would depart towards the delivery location<\/strong>. Once the delivery is completed, the drone would automatically fly back towards the truck.<\/p>\n

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So far, two tests have been conducted using this particular drone delivery<\/strong> system. The first test was a success as the drone managed to deliver the package and return to its delivery truck without any incident<\/strong>. Unfortunately, the second test did not go quite as well, as suspected interference from the cameras of reporters that were at the test was said to have affected the drone\u2019s compass<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This interference caused the drone to abort its launch<\/strong> and was nearly crushed by the closing roof of the truck due to a failed landing.<\/p>\n