Delivering retail packages with the help of robots and drones formed part of the discussions at the Wired Retail conference in London this week. ’s yet to become a reality. Two companies were mentioned, Flytrex and Starship Technologies, which offer services that threaten to disrupt the current retail delivery market. The two firms are working on a service called “flywheel” that would allow customers to pick up their groceries from any location within a radius of about five miles. The company's founder, Yariv Bash, explains that he sees a world where drones deliver a variety of small goods, within 10 to 15 minutes, and the drone technology would be capable of adapting to information such as weather changes and other drones in the area in real time. Starship Technologies, which featured in our previous briefings, has developed a small robot with wheels that will use pavements to deliver parcels in under 30 minutes within a two-mile radius of the depot.
Delivering retail packages with the help of robots and drones formed part of the discussions at the Wired Retail conference in London this week. Two companies were mentioned, Flytrex and Starship Technologies, which offer services that threaten to disrupt the current retail delivery market. The two firms are working on a service called “flywheel” that would allow customers to pick up their groceries from any location within a radius of about five miles. The company's founder, Yariv Bash, explains that he sees a world where drones deliver a variety of small goods, within 10 to 15 minutes, and the drone technology would be capable of adapting to information such as weather changes and other drones in the area in real time. Starship Technologies, which featured in our previous briefings, has developed a small robot with wheels that will use pavements to deliver parcels in under 30 minutes within a two-mile radius of the depot.