Drone Successfully Completes its Delivery Test: Zomato….

HospiBuz Desk

The Indian giant of restaurant search and discovery service, online ordering, table reservations and management, POS systems and subscription services “ZOMATO” has successfully tested its first drone delivery technology, which was conducted by using a hybrid drone with a fusion of rotary wing and fixed wings on a drone.

The drone delivery technology was successfully and seamlessly able to cover a distance of 5 kilometers in approx 10 minutes, with the speed of 80 kilometers per/hour, which can carry a load of 5 kilograms.

At present, the average time required for Zomato’s delivery boys with their vehicles to deliver food is 30.5 minutes approximately.

A few months ago, Zomato acquired TechEagle to solve this problem of taking quite a long time for delivering food and some other issues too. The final and fixed design of the food delivering drone is lightweight and treats safety as a top priority. The drone has inbuilt sensors in it and onboard computer too, to sense and avoid static and dynamic objects.

Deepinder Goyal, Founder and CEO, Zomato, while speaking on the development, said, “The only possible way to reduce the average 30.5 minutes to 15 minutes is to take the aerial route – roads are not efficient for very fast delivery. We have been working towards building sustainable and safe delivery technology and with our first successful test; food delivery by drones is no longer just a pipe dream. While regulatory hurdles are not trivial, and the government’s concerns need to be looked at from various (valid) points of view, the tech is ready to fly and I am confident that drone delivery will be commonplace sooner rather than later.”