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Google experiments with drone deliveries
Google Is Testing Delivery Drone System
Amazon.com, Domino's Pizza Have Also Tested Delivery Drones
Wall Street Journal
Alistair Barr and Greg Bensinger
8/29/2014
Excerpt:
The latest endeavor to emerge from Google Inc.'s ... advanced-research lab is flying into a field buzzing with competitors.
Google X said Thursday it is developing a system of drones to deliver goods. Rival Amazon.com Inc. ... is also testing delivery drones, and Domino's Pizza Inc. ... tested delivering pies via drone in 2013.
Google said a 5-foot-wide single-wing prototype from its Project Wing carried supplies including candy bars, dog treats, cattle vaccines, water and radios to two farmers in Queensland, Australia, earlier this month.
Google's drones are 2½ feet high and have four propellers that move into different positions for different stages of flight. Packages fit into a gap in the middle of the wing. Google said it began test flights last year.
The rush to the skies comes despite the fact that commercial drone use is mostly banned in the U.S. The Federal Aviation Administration is considering regulations to change that and in June approved the first commercial drone flight over land—for energy giant BP BP.LN -0.92% PLC in Alaska. But the regulator is moving carefully because the technology is potentially dangerous and raises privacy concerns.
Google began working on drones in 2011 and said it expected it would "take years to develop a service with multiple vehicles flying multiple deliveries per day."
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http://online.wsj.com/articles/googl...ect-1409274480
Google Is Testing Delivery Drone System
Amazon.com, Domino's Pizza Have Also Tested Delivery Drones
Wall Street Journal
Alistair Barr and Greg Bensinger
8/29/2014
Excerpt:
The latest endeavor to emerge from Google Inc.'s ... advanced-research lab is flying into a field buzzing with competitors.
Google X said Thursday it is developing a system of drones to deliver goods. Rival Amazon.com Inc. ... is also testing delivery drones, and Domino's Pizza Inc. ... tested delivering pies via drone in 2013.
Google said a 5-foot-wide single-wing prototype from its Project Wing carried supplies including candy bars, dog treats, cattle vaccines, water and radios to two farmers in Queensland, Australia, earlier this month.
Google's drones are 2½ feet high and have four propellers that move into different positions for different stages of flight. Packages fit into a gap in the middle of the wing. Google said it began test flights last year.
The rush to the skies comes despite the fact that commercial drone use is mostly banned in the U.S. The Federal Aviation Administration is considering regulations to change that and in June approved the first commercial drone flight over land—for energy giant BP BP.LN -0.92% PLC in Alaska. But the regulator is moving carefully because the technology is potentially dangerous and raises privacy concerns.
Google began working on drones in 2011 and said it expected it would "take years to develop a service with multiple vehicles flying multiple deliveries per day."
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http://online.wsj.com/articles/googl...ect-1409274480