Wing has launched in Australia a commercial service for delivery of orders drones (video)

Wing, which is part of the Alphabet holding (owns the Google search engine), launched a commercial service for the delivery of small orders using drones in Australia. This was reported on the blog of Wing.

So far, the services that the company experienced since the end of 2017 can use the residents of some territories of the Gangalin district (Kanberra district, including 11 districts). The Wing drip used for delivery is a 14-rot drone with the possibility of vertical take-off and landing. It has a N-shaped frame with straight wing and two longitudinal beams, each of which place six screws, allowing the drone to make a vertical take-off and landing, as well as hang over a certain area. In addition, on the wing there are two pulling screws that increase the speed of the drone during a horizontal flight, writes N+1 .

Currently, dishes and drinks from several cafes, as well as goods from a store for golf lovers are available in the new service. Judging by the demonstration roller, before flying, the drone rises into the air, and then lowers the cable with a mount for a box with a load. Then the package is attracted to the drone with the help of a winch, and near the customer’s house the load slowly drops to the ground. The entire delivery process takes literally a few minutes.

In the future, Wing plans to launch a similar service in Finland - first in test and then in commercial mode.

Note that many companies are engaged in the development of drones or robots to deliver parcels to the client’s threshold. For example, at the end of February, the American courier company FedEx showed the Sameday Bot robot.