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Matternet’s automated drone-docking station makes its real-life debut in Switzerland

By TechCrunch

No one knows exactly how drone delivery will fit into the future of logistics, but one thing is for sure: The aircraft aren’t going to drop off important payloads directly onto someone’s lawn. Matternet’s Station, an automated landing space and payload control tower, may be the solution, and the flower-like structure has finally made the jump from render to reality at a medical facility in Switzerland.

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UPS Partners with Matternet

UPS and Matternet announce a groundbreaking logistics service to deliver medical samples via drone across WakeMed, a major healthcare system in North Carolina. This is the first FAA sanctioned use of a drone system for routine revenue flights in the US.

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Swiss Post to transport laboratory samples between University Hospital and University of Zurich

During this time USZ, UZH, Swiss Post and Matternet will gather experience in long-term autonomous drone operation. The laboratory samples can reach their destination twice as quickly by air than by road in Zurich – the time saved can be invaluable to patients, doctors and other healthcare professionals.

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