Seven Eleven succeeded in test flight of the world's first "drone courier" toward practical application of drone courier

Efforts towards home delivery using drone are being promoted all over the world, especially in the United States where vast land expands and the distance from the house to the store is often far away, it seems that active development is proceeding. In the US Seven Eleven, development of drone delivery is under way, the company and its partner companies conducted drone home delivery experiments in Reno, Nevada under the approval of FAA (America Federal Aviation Administration), the first in the United States, I am making it succeed.

7-Eleven Teams with Flirtey for First Ever FAA-Approved Drone Delivery to Customer's Home - Friday, July 22, 2016 - 7 - Eleven Corporate
https://sites.7-eleven.com/news/07-22-2016-7-eleven-teams-with-flirtey-for-first-ever-faa-approved-drone-delivery-to-customer-s-home

The drone used for the experiment is kore. It is a 6-rotor type drone, with a box at the bottom of the main body for holding luggage and a wire for lowering loads from the sky to the ground. Of course the flight from the store to the residence is done automatically.


A movie showing the state of the experiment is released.

Slurpee Flies Home in First FAA-Approved Drone Delivery - YouTube


Droon takes off while casting a shadow on the ground. Audio is not contained, but this may be because there is no microphone in the drone.


Leave the shops along the road that seem to be on the right, and leave to the destination.


The screen is to the garden of the delivery place. It seems to unload bags in a triangular garden.


Looking from the ground like this. Pick up your luggage from the box ......


When you do it with a wire, "home delivery" is completed to the ground.


Michael, who actually took home delivery, said, "In my home, both myself and my wife are working, 7 years old and 6 years old, and 1 year old children.The convenience of being able to use drone delivery immediately anytime is always price It is truly amazing that a flying machine will deliver food and drink in just a few minutes. "

In Seven Eleven, we are developing a home delivery drone in cooperation with the startup "Flirtey" which develops drone courier technology. Both companies set airspace etc. to be available in the futureNational Airspace SystemIt is said that it is supposed to proceed with research aiming at integrating drone courier delivery into.