Zipline Unveils New Drone With Quick, Accurate Home Delivery

A South San Francisco, California-based firm, Zipline has announced its new platform for autonomous quiet, quick, and exact home delivery in cities and suburbs.

The unveiling was virtually carried out by the corporation on Thursday.

According to Keller Cliffton, the Chief Executive Officer of Zipline, the company has spent the last few years developing and perfecting Platform 2 (P2), its next-generation technology, to deliver the best possible client experience at scale.

In contrast to other drone delivery businesses, Cliffton claimed Zipline's drones travel more than 300 feet above the ground and are almost silent.

“Over the last decade, global demand for instant delivery has skyrocketed, but the technology we are using to deliver is 100 years old.

“We are still using the same 3,000-pound, gas combustion vehicles, driven by humans, to make billions of deliveries that usually weigh less than 5 pounds.

“It is slow, it’s expensive, and it’s terrible for the planet.

“Our new service is changing that and will finally make deliveries work for you and around your schedule.

“We have built the closest thing to teleportation ever created – a smooth, ultrafast, convenient, and truly magical autonomous logistics system that serves all people equally, wherever they are.”

The Zip CEO said that while its fully autonomous delivery droid manoeuvres along a tether, it reaches its target safely and discreetly at altitude.

Also, according to Cliffton, it gently drops off its package at locations as small as a patio table or a house's front steps after steering to the proper spot.

He said that among of the first users of Zipline's new platform will be Sweetgreen, the Rwandan government, Michigan Medicine, and others.

In addition to advancing its goal of helping Americans access genuine food, Cliffton said the alliance will help the company fulfil its commitment to becoming carbon-neutral by the year 2027.

”By ordering through Zipline’s marketplace, Sweetgreen customers can get their orders using 97 per cent less energy than traditional automotive methods,” he said.

According to Jonathan Neman, Co-Founder and CEO of Sweetgreen, the future of delivery is faster, more sustainable and creates broader access, all of which provides improved value for our customers,” said.

“We could not be more excited to work with Zipline to complement our delivery strategy.

“Zipline’s sustainable technology and ability to reach customers quickly, with a great delivery experience, will help us give our customers what they want, when they want it.”