Switzerland's postal service has begun to test the viability of using unmanned drones to deliver small packages. The Swiss Post is testing a drone that can carry up to 100 kilograms (250 pounds) in an area as large as 10 meters (33 feet) and at speeds between 5 km/h (5 mph) The project is a collaboration between Swiss Post, Swiss WorldCargo and California-based drone manufacturer Matternet.
Switzerland's postal service has begun to test the viability of using unmanned drones to deliver small packages. The drones are connected via cloud computing that aggregates the weather, terrain and airspace data, and can carry a load of up to 1kg over a distance of more than 10km with a single battery charge. The project is a collaboration between Swiss Post, Swiss WorldCargo and California-based drone manufacturer Matternet.