Matternet Co-Founder and CEO Andreas Raptopoulos interviewed on Fox Business TV on disrupting the delivery industry with UAS.
A fleet of small UAS could speed up the delivery of medicines and other supplies to remote areas, and even provide a cheaper alternative to a road network, according to Matternet, a start-up company in the United States.
Just as the Internet has revolutionised the transport of online data, the company says a network of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) — the ‘matternet’ — could do the same for supplies.
The company envisages a network of base stations, ten kilometres apart, with flying drones carrying packages of up to two kilograms between bases. A UAS would take just 15 minutes for each trip without needing to recharge or replace its batteries.
Source: Fox Business TV