Starting April 7, Walgreens will stage drone deliveries from a store parking lot in the town of Little Elm, Texas.
How it works:
- Customers can purchase drone-delivered products through Wing’s app.
- Walgreens team members will then fulfill customer orders, using a tablet to summon the drone once orders are completed.
- The delivery items will be attached to lines dropped by hovering drones.
- The drone will then reel in the line and fly to deliver the product to the customer.
- Route planning and flight will be autonomous, but human pilots from Wing will oversee the operations.
Texas Health Resources, a network of nonprofit hospitals, also said it is in discussion to include Wing’s drone delivery services for its first-aid kits and to ship medical supplies between facilities.
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