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Move over couriers, drone delivery is here. The Ireland-based start-up, Manna<\/a>, will now be using their delivery drones to bring Samsung mobile phones and tablets to residents in the town of Oranmore, Ireland, in as little as three minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based out of the University College Dublin\u2019s NovaUCD research and innovations unit, Manna has been not-so-quietly<\/a> testing drone delivery capabilities in Irish towns since March of 2020. They have so far focused on food and pharmaceutical deliveries – and have specifically tested the delivery of drugs during Corona-19 lockdowns. However, the delivery of technology signifies the entry into a new frontier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis partnership with Samsung marks the first of its kind in the world,\u201d says Alan Hicks, CTO at Manna. \u201cWe recognize that the potential for the application of drone delivery is enormous.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three-minute delivery<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The delivery drones fly at an altitude of 50-80 meters and a speed of over 60 km per hour. This means that deliveries can go from a business to someone\u2019s front door in about three minutes, assuming they are within a two-kilometer distance from it. They are also autonomous<\/a>, though Manna employees are currently monitoring deliveries closely by going to the recipient\u2019s house in person during deliveries while they continue to test the drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manna customers can order their products online and then wait for the drone to arrive, typically, in their gardens. It signals the recipient that it has arrived and then descends to about a 15-meter height before lowering the product down with the help of a biodegradable string.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A work in progress<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Screenshot taken from Manna website.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As of now, the weight limit for a package is two kilograms. This works well for lighter products such as phones, food delivery, and pharmaceuticals, but would be difficult to use for anything much larger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is particularly relevant for people who live in areas that suffer more from rain and wind, is that the delivery services seem to stop working outside of very mild weather conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time of writing, the website<\/a> is unable to take deliveries due to forecasts of \u201cbad weather.\u201d It is unclear whether it is the weather or the technical limitations of the drones that is causing the delivery stoppages. However, AccuWeather is forecasting \u201ca little rain\u201d and 37 km winds<\/a> on the dates in question, which, according to the Beaufort scale<\/a> is between a moderate and strong breeze -enough to make small trees sway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read about other companies trying to make drone-delivery a mainstream reality<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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