by Bernadette Heier | Oct 10, 2024 | News, Top Stories
Picture this: your meal delivery arrives within minutes, descending from the sky right into your backyard. Thanks, flying delivery person! Just kidding—it’s just a drone. What once seemed like a futuristic dream is now a reality, and it’s poised to grow even more,...
by Bernadette Heier | Sep 6, 2023 | Automation, News
Walmart is expanding sky-high deliveries in Dallas by teaming with Wing, an on-demand drone delivery provider powered by Google’s parent company, Alphabet. The aerial service is set to take flight “in the coming weeks” first from a Walmart Supercenter in Frisco,...
by Tom Kaiser | Sep 2, 2021 | Automation, News, Third-Party Delivery
Wing, Alphabet’s drone subsidiary, surpassed the 100,000-customer delivery mark in recent days, following years of test deliveries—many of which have taken place in Logan, Australia, billed as the drone delivery capital of the world. Announced in a recent blog post,...
by Nicholas Upton | Dec 10, 2018 | Automation, Briefs
Wing, the drone arm of Alphabet, is heading to Helsinki next year. Wing has become a proper company or “graduated” within the company, meaning it’s no longer just a moonshot. And this test implies the technology is ready for prime time. The Helsinki test will be a...