Zipline International

Zipline International
Formerly
 Romotive
Industry Logistics
Genre Delivery drone
Founded 2011 (2011)
Founder Keller Rinaudo[1], Keenan Wyrobek[2]
Headquarters Half Moon Bay, California, America
Area served
 Rwanda
Website flyzipline.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 deliverys 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.

Rwanda has a mountainous geography and poor road conditions making an aerial delivery system more efficient[5] as of May 2018 they have delivered over 7000 units of blood this way[6].

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 air-planes,[7] enabling them to fly fast and over a long distance (typically 150 km on a single charge), in any weather short of a hurricane.

On arrival at the delivery site the plane does not land, instead it drops to a low height and the package drops to the ground slowed by an attached air brake.

They plan to expand into Tanzania and America[8].

References

  1. ↑ Rinaudo, Keller, "How we're using drones to deliver blood and save lives", TED, retrieved 2018-10-14
  2. ↑ "Engineering a new mission for drones". TEDMED. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  3. ↑ "Zipline's Bigger, Faster Drones Will Deliver Blood in the United States This Year". IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  4. ↑ "These American Drones Are Saving Lives in Rwanda". TIME.com. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  5. ↑ staff, CNBC.com (2018-05-22). "2018 Disruptor 50: No. 25 Zipline International". CNBC. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  6. ↑ Margaritoff, Marco. "Zipline Has Successfully Aerially Delivered 7,000 Units of Blood to Rwandan Hospitals". The Drive. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  7. ↑ Giles, Martin. "Zipline launches the world's fastest commercial delivery drone". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  8. ↑ "Blood delivery drone applies for US trial". BBC News. 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
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