Category: ups

After Math: Everything is awesome

Post author By Randall
Post date August 16, 2020
Categories In after math, aftermath, amc, feature, fedex, mbz, Microsoft, surface, Tech, Tiktok, tomorrow, ups, usps

[ad_1] While the Trump administration spent this past week kneecapping the US Postal Service in an obvious effort to throw the upcoming November election in its favor, other events occurred as well. Here are five examples. Engadget USPS appears to be retir… [ad_2] Source link

Waymo’s self-driving vans will carry UPS packages in Phoenix

Post author By Randall
Post date January 29, 2020
Categories In alphabet, courier, Delivery, gear, Google, mail, self-driving, self-driving car, Tech, Transportation, ups, waymo

[ad_1] The program kicks off this quarter (that is, no later than March). Waymo had already grown its AutoNation deal to include a car part delivery test in 2019. UPS has been busy, too, having just ordered 10,000 electric trucks from Arrival for crewed deliveries. The two see this as part of a “long-term plan” […]

UPS and CVS plan to deliver prescriptions via drone

Post author By Randall
Post date October 21, 2019
Categories In agreement, business, cvs, Delivery, drone, gear, pharmacy, Robots, Tech, ups, ups flight forward

[ad_1] The courier firm already has some experience delivering medical products thanks to its WakeMed partnership, which sees it delivering medical samples across WakeMed’s campus. This is far more ambitious, of course. UPS would be flying over residential areas and deliver a much wider range of products. There’s a strong incentive to move quickly. Wing’s […]

UPS delivery drones are on the way after FAA certification

Post author By Randall
Post date October 1, 2019
Categories In Delivery, drone, drone delivery, dronedelivery, faa, Federal Aviation Administration, federalaviationadministration, Tech, tomorrow, Transportation, ups

[ad_1] Flight Forward is the first company to claim the Part 135 Standard certification, and it’ll be able to operate an unlimited number of drones. The machines and their payloads can weigh more than 55 pounds and UPS can fly its drones at night. Earlier this year, under the Transportation Department’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration […]

Bell’s self-flying cargo drone completes its first flight

Post author By Randall
Post date August 26, 2019
Categories In bell, gadgetry, Gadgets, multicopter, Nasa, Tech, tomorrow, Transportation, uav, ups

[ad_1] “We are excited to reach this milestone, and look forward to continuing to advance this technology for our customers,” said Scott Drennan, vice president of Bell’s Innovation team. The company will be testing the APT 70 for the rest of the year. Following that trial period, it plans to use the vehicle to conduct […]

Fast delivery may negate the environmental benefits of online shopping

Post author By Randall
Post date June 23, 2019
Categories In Amazon, co2, e-commerce, emissions, environment, fedex, gear, green, Internet, shipping, shopping, Tech, tomorrow, ups

[ad_1] The demand for local warehouses to speed up those orders also has an effect, Carnegie Mellon’s Costa Samaras said. Those buildings need power, heat and cooling, and that means more emissions. This doesn’t mean you’ll have to permanently settle on slow deliveries if you want to be kind to the planet, but it may […]

UPS launches a drone ‘airline’ to deliver medical samples

Post author By Randall
Post date March 26, 2019
Categories In autonomous, Delivery, drone, Drones, faa, gear, matternet, medicine, Robots, Tech, ups, wakemed
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[ad_1] This isn’t the flexible drone delivery service you might have imagined. Drones will fly along fixed routes, with a trained Remote Pilot-in-Command keeping watch over the trip. It’s part of the FAA’s larger pilot program testing public-private partnerships involving drones, and involves the help of the FAA as well as North Carolina’s Department of […]