UPS testing drones for remote-location delivery
Delivery service UPS has started testing drones that carry out commercial delivery for packages to remote or complicated locations. Working with CyPhy Works, a drone manufacturer, UPS began testing last month with a 5km mock test for medicinal supplies. The drone flights have been sponsored by The UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund in CyPhy to test drone use and capabilities. The delivery company has also trialled drones in warehouses to confirm stock on high storage racks and to check space. The company is also interested in using drones to deliver humanitarian aid in areas of the world that are difficult to access.

Another integrator to test drones

UPS has begun testing the use of drones to make commercial deliveries of packages to remote or difficult-to-access locations, working together with drone-maker CyPhy Works. Testing began last month when the companies staged a mock delivery of urgently needed medicine from Beverly, MA, to Children's Island, which is about 5 km off the Atlantic coast. The drone flight advances an investment made by The UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund in CyPhy to gather information about drone uses and capabilities.

Innovation through automation and robotics has long been a focus for the package delivery company. In fact, UPS has been testing drones in warehouses to check high storage racks to confirm stock or available space. The company also is exploring the use of drones to deliver humanitarian aid in hard-to-reach parts of the world.

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