Company:Zipline International

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Zipline International
FormerlyRomotive
IndustryLogistics
GenreDelivery drone
Founded2011; 13 years ago (2011)
FounderKeller Rinaudo[1], Keenan Wyrobek[2]
HeadquartersHalf Moon Bay, California,
United States
Area served
Rwanda
Websiteflyzipline.com

Zipline is a drone-delivery company currently working in Rwanda (since 2016[3]) and one of the first companies in the world to be doing deliveries commercially this way .[4] Zipline designs, manufactures, and operates small robot aircraft to deliver essential medical products with a high level of safety, using many of the same approaches as commercial airliners such as feeding location data to the country's main air traffic control system[5].

Rwanda has a mountainous geography and poor road conditions making an aerial delivery system more efficient[6] as of May 2018 they have delivered over 7000 units of blood this way[7].

The zips can carry vaccines, medicine, or blood.The system works by a doctor or medical staffer at one of the clinics needs supply's, they send a WhatsApp message or log on to Zipline's order site. They are then sent a confirmation message saying a Zip drone is on its way.

The design of the electric aircraft, called Zips look like small propeller airplanes,[8] enabling them to fly fast and over a long distance (typically 150 km on a single charge), in any weather short of a hurricane, they cannot independently takeoff or land instead using an Assisted take-off and for landing they use Arresting gear.

During the delivery the plane does not land, instead it drops to a low height and the package drops to the ground slowed by a parachute-like air brake.

They plan to expand into Tanzania and America[9].

References

  1. ↑ Rinaudo, Keller, "How we're using drones to deliver blood and save lives" (in en), TED, https://www.ted.com/talks/keller_rinaudo_how_we_re_using_drones_to_deliver_blood_and_save_lives, retrieved 2018-10-14 
  2. ↑ Wyrobek, Kennan. "Engineering a new mission for drones". https://www.tedmed.com/talks/show?id=686750. 
  3. ↑ "Zipline's Bigger, Faster Drones Will Deliver Blood in the United States This Year" (in en). https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/robotics/drones/ziplines-bigger-faster-drones-will-be-delivering-blood-in-the-united-states-this-year. 
  4. ↑ "These American Drones Are Saving Lives in Rwanda". http://time.com/rwanda-drones-zipline/. 
  5. ↑ Simmons, Dan (2016-10-14). "Rwanda starts commercial drone deliveries" (in en-GB). BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37646474. 
  6. ↑ staff, CNBC .com (2018-05-22). "2018 Disruptor 50: No. 25 Zipline International". CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/22/zipline-international-2018-disruptor-50.html. 
  7. ↑ Margaritoff, Marco. "Zipline Has Successfully Aerially Delivered 7,000 Units of Blood to Rwandan Hospitals" (in en-US). The Drive. http://www.thedrive.com/tech/21039/zipline-has-successfully-aerially-delivered-7000-units-of-blood-to-rwandan-hospitals. 
  8. ↑ Giles, Martin. "Zipline launches the world’s fastest commercial delivery drone" (in en). MIT Technology Review. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610735/zipline-launches-the-worlds-fastest-commercial-delivery-drone/. 
  9. ↑ "Blood delivery drone applies for US trial" (in en-GB). BBC News. 2018-04-03. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43629965. 




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