Flying courier Yamato develops a drone with a US company August 27 6:57
In order to respond to the increase in baggage accompanying the expansion of online shopping, Yamato Holdings, the largest delivery company, developed a drone for delivery in collaboration with an American company and released a demonstration flight.
This drone is developed by an American maker "Bell", and Yamato Holdings has developed a container for luggage, with a height of 1.8 meters and a width of 2.7 meters.
The maximum speed is about 200 km, and you can load up to 30 km in a container. The experiment took place in South Texas in the United States on the 26th, and the drone took off vertically and flew for several minutes after tilting the aircraft in the sky while the officials watched.
A drone uses GPS to automatically fly a preset route and can avoid obstacles with cameras and sensors. In the future, it is assumed that they will land on the roof of the building or carry goods at the disaster site. Both companies will be put to practical use in the first half of the 2020s after discussions with the FAA = Federal Aviation Administration and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Aiming to
In June, however, the competition in the logistics industry over the sky is intensifying, with the announcement that Amazon.com will start delivery using drones. “We want to create a new business model that uses this flying truck and stacks multiple packages,” said Hiroto Nagao, President of Yamato Holdings.