{"id":1679,"date":"2020-09-17T04:53:05","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T04:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessner.com\/?p=1679"},"modified":"2022-04-27T10:09:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T10:09:09","slug":"walmart-is-testing-a-new-drone-delivery-system-for-household-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessner.com\/walmart-is-testing-a-new-drone-delivery-system-for-household-items\/","title":{"rendered":"Walmart is Testing a New Drone Delivery System for Household Items"},"content":{"rendered":"

Walmart, one of the largest retail corporations in the world decided to run a pilot project to deliver household products using automated drones, reported Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n

However, an end-to-end delivery firm Flytrex will also support the cause. Already Walmart has been trying to improve the delivery business as the Coronavirus Pandemic forced customers to stay home.<\/p>\n

The retail giant is planning to use cloud-controlled drones to pick up and drop items in Fayetteville, North Carolina as a part of the pilot project.<\/p>\n

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“We know that it will be some time before we see millions of packages delivered via drone. That still feels like a bit of science fiction.”<\/p>\n

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-Tom Ward, senior vice-president, customer products<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The company executives are seeing the delivery services as an opportunity. Customers are more interested to get products delivered at their doorstep rather than visiting the actual store.<\/p>\n

The online sales, as a result, doubled in the second quarter of 2020. Walmart also reported a vehicle delivery system<\/a> by partnering with companies like Ford and self-driving vehicle producer Gatik.<\/p>\n