Wednesday, 20 September 2017

The first autonomous drone network will fly above Switzerland starting next month

Logistics company Matternet has announced a permanent autonomous drone network in Switzerland that will now see lab samples like blood tests and other diagnostics flown between hospital facilities, clinics, and labs. The first delivery network will be operational from next month, with several more to be introduced later in the year. Matternet says medical items can be delivered to hospitals within 30 minutes.

Matternet, based in Menlo Park, California, was granted authorization to operate its drones over densely populated areas in Switzerland in March and says that approval was a world first. Today, the company unveiled a Matternet Station; a kind of white, futuristic looking postbox with a footprint measuring about two square meters,...

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https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/20/16325084/matternet-autonomous-drone-network-switzerland

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http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-first-autonomous-drone-network-will.html

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