{"id":6572,"date":"2022-05-25T14:49:06","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T14:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/05\/25\/walmart-is-expanding-its-drone-deliveries-to-reach-4-million-households\/"},"modified":"2022-05-25T14:49:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T14:49:07","slug":"walmart-is-expanding-its-drone-deliveries-to-reach-4-million-households","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/05\/25\/walmart-is-expanding-its-drone-deliveries-to-reach-4-million-households\/","title":{"rendered":"Walmart is expanding its drone deliveries to reach 4 million households"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Walmart announced on Tuesday<\/a> that it\u2019s planning on expanding the number of stores that offer drone-delivered packages; by the end of the year, it hopes to fly deliveries from 34 sites across Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. The company says the expansion will give up to 4 million households access to the service, which is a significant increase. When the company launched the program in November 2021<\/a>, it was only available in a single town in Arkansas.<\/p>\n

Walmart says that customers who live near drone-capable stores will be able to order items weighing less than 10 pounds in total between 8AM and 8PM. The deliveries, which cost $3.99, are done via a drone operated by a company called DroneUp, which has a partnership with Walmart. (The retailer has also invested in the delivery company<\/a>.) Workers at the Walmart location receive the order, pack it into a box, and then secure the box to a drone. Then, a pilot flies the drone to the customer, and it\u2019s dropped onto their front lawn using what looks like a giant claw. <\/p>\n

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It\u2019s like a claw-machine game but in reverse.<\/em><\/figcaption>GIF: Walmart<\/cite><\/p>\n

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It sounds like Walmart\u2019s not just trying to expand the program\u2019s footprint \u2014 the company also wants to increase the number of packages it\u2019s delivering via drone. In its press release, the company says it\u2019s completed \u201chundreds of deliveries within a matter of months.\u201d With the expansion, it says it\u2019ll have the ability to do more than a million drone deliveries a year. <\/p>\n

In its press release, the company said it thought people would use the service for \u201cemergency items\u201d and has been surprised that something like Hamburger Helper has become the top-selling item at one location. I\u2019ll be perfectly honest, I\u2019m skeptical of this claim \u2014 how could anyone introduce a service where a package is flown to you in \u201cas little as 30 minutes\u201d and not<\/em> expect that people would use it to replace those quick trips to the store to pick up one or two items?<\/p>\n

With this planned expansion, Walmart could take the lead when it comes to commercial drone delivery in the US. The Wall Street Journal<\/em> reports<\/a> that while companies like FedEx and UPS are looking into drones, they\u2019re currently more in the experimentation stage rather than the \u201coffering it as a service phase.\u201d Alphabet, Google\u2019s parent company, is operating a drone delivery service called Wing in Texas<\/a> and Virginia, and it\u2019s delivered hundreds of thousands of packages<\/a> worldwide, but it currently hasn\u2019t announced further expansion plans.<\/p>\n

Then, of course, there\u2019s Amazon, which has been working on its drone delivery service for many years. Several recent reports<\/a>, however, make it seem as if the company is struggling to get its program off the ground<\/a>; despite a 2016 demonstration delivery in the UK, Amazon currently isn\u2019t delivering packages by drones, and it\u2019s unclear if and when that\u2019ll start.<\/p>\n

Amazon is, however, trying to play a very different game. It wants its drone deliveries to be autonomous, meaning that there won\u2019t be any human pilots. Walmart and DroneUp\u2019s system, however, has \u201ccertified pilots\u201d at the helm. While this might make it more difficult for Walmart to scale drone deliveries at a rapid pace, some of its customers are probably getting used to getting their packages dropped down from the sky; that\u2019s not something that can be said for Amazon.<\/p>\n

As Ars Technica<\/em> points out<\/a>, though, Walmart\u2019s system does have some limitations. Currently, it\u2019s legally required to have line-of-sight to the drones while they\u2019re flying, meaning that it has to have control towers in its stores\u2019 parking lots to offer drone service. This limitation also means that deliveries have to happen within a 1.5-mile radius of the store. And, of course, DroneUp has to hire more operators as more people use the service. Earlier this year, it announced plans to do so, and now it\u2019s clear why; now, DroneUp and Walmart just have to deliver on their promises of expansion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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