Matternet partners with UPS as it preps to launch the 1st regular drone delivery service in the U.S.
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In the WakeMed project, which is part of a federal pilot program to integrate drone services into populated areas, Matternet drones will carry lab specimens from WakeMed clinics to its central laboratory for analysis. It will take the drones roughly three minutes to fly the inaugural route; currently it can take up to half an hour to get samples to the lab from the same location by a courier who may make multiple stops, the companies say.
“For this to be commercially viable it needs to be autonomous, remotely supervised with no pilot in command on-site,” says Matternet CEO Andreas Raptopoulos.
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