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Uber invests on drone planes for food delivery

Tests have been carried out in San Diego in collaboration with McDonalds

Drone aircraft, and everything they can deliver, are the new business frontier for Silicon Valley companies. Amazon recently presented the drone that will cover Prime Air service for parcel delivery (see AVIONEWS). Uber, instead, focuses its efforts on food delivery, through collaboration with McDonalds.Uber Eats food delivery service has been tested in San Diego and has returned excellent results...

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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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The aircraft will deliver packages to customers up to 15 miles within 30 minutes

The project that Jeff Bezos has been pursuing since 2013 is almost upon us. In the Mars Conference (Machine Learning, Automation, Robotics and Space) held in Las Vegas from June 4th to 7th, Amazon officials... more

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