We have covered Terra Drone multiple times at TechStartups. The Japan-based startup provides innovative enterprise drone services for oil and gas, utilities, renewables, mining, construction, and GIS sectors, among others. Today, a subsidiary of Japan-based Terra Drone Corporation, is collaborating with British-Dutch transnational consumer goods giant Unilever to test drone delivery services for the latter’s popular ‘Ben & Jerry’s’ ice cream brand
The two companies have joined forces to explore drone-delivery of ice creams in New York. In a program undertaken at Unilever’s recent annual investor event, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream cups were delivered to a pre-decided destination by drone. The demo was conducted as part of Unilever’s ice cream delivery service, ‘Ice Cream Now’.
During the demonstration, a multi-copter drone was fitted with delivery box (Figure 1) designed to carry three Ben & Jerry’s mini cups (72 g each). A flight path was set beforehand to allow the drone to carry the ice cream cups inside the Unilever’s US facility.
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