As Fast as 3 Minutes! Google’s Drone Delivery Service Completes 100,000 Deliveries? -Part 6

Wing is still confronted with a thorny problem: how to safely and automatically deliver the goods to the user’s designated location?

As is known, the shortest path between two points is a straight line, so air freight can be transported on a straight line more efficiently than land transport.

However, contrary to common sense, in most cases, drone delivery will not simply follow the straight flight, because air traffic lack of route planning is horrible. It is like driving a bumper car in the air, and planes may crash with disastrous consequences.

In other words, “vehicles” alone are not enough. People also need to plan “roads” in the air and the corresponding traffic order so that drones can safely fly in the sky.

Backed by Google Maps, Wing has a natural advantage in this regard, and soon established an Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) system to coordinate and manage aerial vehicles in a unified manner.

Before each take-off, the Wing drone will automatically plan a safe pickup and delivery route with the support of the UTM system, comprehensively considering factors such as weather, obstacles, and airspace control, and then set off to the pickup location.

After the order is completed, it will automatically return and land on the charging board. During this process, other orders will be completed by other drones. The scheduling method is very similar to that of a small airport.