Zomato successfully tests drone food packet delivery at 80kmph

Online ordering and food delivery platform Zomato on Wednesday said it has successfully tested its maiden drone delivery technology using a hybrid drone that covered a distance of five km in about 10 minutes with a peak speed of 80 kmph to deliver a food packetThe drone was tested last week at one of the remote sites approved by the DGCA Such tests are done at very remote sites which are specially designed to conduct such tests Zomato told IANS However the food aggregator did not reveal the exact location where the dronedelivered the packageAccording to the notification issued by Director General of Civil Aviation DGCA on May 13 interested companies have been asked to submit an Expression of Interest EOI to the DGCA for conducting experimental Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations BVLOS of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems RPASUnmanned Aircraft Systems UASThe only possible way to reduce the average 30 minutes to 15 minutes is to take the aerial route Roads are not efficient for very fast deliveries 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 Deepinder Goyal Founder and CEO Zomato said in a statementWhile regulatory hurdles are not trivial and the governments 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 laterThe hybrid drone with a fusion of rotary wing and fixed wings carried a payload of five kg Fully automated each drone is currently being tested with remote pilot supervision to ensure safety Over time as the company collects more data it is likely to do away with pilot supervisionZomato had acquired TechEagle a Lucknowbased drone startup to solve issues such as reducing pollution and handling traffic in 2018 end Currently the average time required for the food delivery platforms biker fleet to deliver food is 30 minutesConsidering the increasing congestion on roads and pollution using drones for delivery could be a game changer for metro cities as it would help scrape unnecessary traffic off the roads and direct it skyward the company addedTop stories of the dayThe Dutch mystery Man wanted is on temple run in MaharashtraWin Rs 10000 if you find the truck that dumped this debris in south MumbaiMumbai Crime Man rapes teenage girl in Bandra blackmails her with videoMumbai Banned newspaper is still vendors first choice for serving foodMeet Vasais traffic stoppers who are being the change they wish to seeMumbai Crime Chainsnatchers new modus ends at police station lockupMumbai Chainsnatching cases drop but recovery still poorThane Municipal Corporation unprepared for monsoon says social activistMumbai Bad roads this year too at Aarey ColonyMumbai on alert in wake of cyclone Vayu Disaster Management DepartmentFor nonSSC students internal marks wont countShiv Sena BJP start bickering over CMs post seatsharingUjjwala Raut Heres what the 41 year old supermodel of the 90s is doing nowWorst crimes These monstrous mothers murdered their childrenAmruta Fadnavis wows with her soulful performance in Los AngelesThese famous schools colleges are also popular for Bollywood shootsNarendra Modi shares a hearty laugh with Sri Lanka PresidentBollywood celebs you probably dont know are relatedDo you know Tamannaah Bhatia made her Bollywood debut at age 15When Shahid Kapoor went out of his way to help his onscreen sisterinlawSaif Ali Khan feels bad when he reaches home and finds Taimur asleepHeres how Shahid Kapoor transformed for Kabir SinghMalaika Arora and Tara Sutarias Bandra outing is all things casualWorld Cup 2019 Team India watch Salman Khans new movie BharatWorld Cup 2019 Warmup win vs India doesnt mean Kiwis are are hotWorld Cup 2019 Steve Waugh compares Hardik Pandya with Lance KlusenerCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates