As Fast as 3 Minutes! Google’s Drone Delivery Service Completes 100,000 Deliveries? -Part 7

How far are we from drone express?

In an interview with The Verge, a spokesperson for Wing mentioned that Wing considered replicating its successful model in Logan to other cities with similar population densities such as New Orleans, Manchester, Florence, etc.

Interestingly, densely populated cities like New York and Tokyo are not in Wing’s consideration.

Cosmopolitan cities are not friendly to drone delivery, because it is difficult for drones to find an open place without branches, telephone poles and signs to deliver goods.

UAV express is essentially a method to solve the “last mile delivery”. Its successful landing is not only affected by technology and policies, but also closely related to the city’s logistics system.

Compared with small cities with fewer buildings, it is really difficult for drones to shuttle and rest in the concrete forests of big cities where there are stricter requirements on safety and fault tolerance of drone delivery.

It’s possible for unmanned logistics companies to set up some centralized points in the city to centrally put goods. However, the total cost is not much cheaper than the labor cost at the end of urban express delivery, or even more expensive.