‘Flying Milk Can’ Drones to Extend Deliveries in Stockholm Area

People living in part of Sweden will soon be receiving food deliveries by aerial drone. The service, which utilizes multicopters that look rather like old-timey milk transportation cans, may subsequently be introduced throughout the country and beyond.

Known as foodora Air, the project is the result of a collaboration between three Swedish companies: mobile connectivity firm Tele2, restaurant/grocery delivery company foodora, and delivery drone manufacturer Aerit. The service will start in May, in the municipality of Värmdö (which is near Stockholm).

Customers will start by using the foodara app to order food from a participating business in the area. If the customer is already known to live in a home suitable for drone delivery – not in a high-rise apartment building, for instance – then a cardboard carton containing their order will be loaded into one of Aerit’s Nimbi drones at the business.

Next, the auto-pilot aircraft will take off and fly to the customer’s address, utilizing Tele2’s 5G and internet-of-things technologies to remain in contact with its remotely located human supervisor (who can take control if needed) the whole time.

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