Food delivered straight into your hands – an imminent reality or a cartoon plot?

Flytrex - pioneers of drone delivery service. The first major contract the company signed in 2017 with the Icelandic retail company AHA, later requests started coming from US companies. Most requests come from food delivery services. Characteristics Flytrex drones can deliver goods up to 3kg (6-8 hamburgers) over a distance of 10 km, moving at a speed of 50 km/h at an altitude of 70m. Such indicators, considering that the drone avoids all ground transport restrictions and the absence of human factor, make unmanned delivery maximally efficient. The only problem lies in weather limitations: wind gusts over 29 km/h (8 m/s) or rain can disable the device. But the creators are working on overcoming these limitations. Assuming people's concerns about privacy, the Flytrex team deliberately chose not to equip their drones with cameras. The unmanned vehicle navigates using GPS and sensors. How does it work? The client places an order through the app, where they can also track the delivery route. The sender loads the drone's box, the drone takes off and follows a predetermined route to the client's backyard. Upon arrival, the customer approves the release of the package, and the drone safely lowers the package on a cable until it reaches the ground. Currently, as a pioneer, Flytrex is setting standards for unmanned delivery in North Carolina, as well as promoting the new format of deliveries in Iceland. Following in Flytrex's footsteps, giants like Google, Amazon, and Uber have also started conducting tests in this direction. In 2019, they received local permits to conduct commercial unmanned deliveries. The rapid growth in the popularity of drone delivery will obviously soon lead to the question of airspace division. The use of drones reduces costs, saves time, and, most importantly, ensures contactless delivery. Perhaps, before the quarantine, few of us really thought about the value of contactless receipt of goods. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Flytrex has been actively cooperating with companies around the world and delivering essential items to consumers without endangering the health of couriers or clients.