You can call it pie in the sky, but pizza delivery is now a real thing -- at least in the Land Down Under.
Domino's Pizza Enterprises said Wednesday
it had completed what it called the world's first delivery of a pizza
to a customer in New Zealand. Under the watch of a team of drone
experts, the unmanned aerial vehicle used GPS navigation to
autonomously deliver Peri-Peri Chicken and Chicken and Cranberry pizzas
to a backyard in Whangaparaoa, about 20 miles north of Auckland.
Drones have
grown in popularity among big retailers such as Amazon and Walmart,
which are continually looking for new ways to get a jump on the
competition and attract customers. The small, commercial aerial drones
could avoid the delays of terrestrial deliveries by flying above traffic
and avoiding circuitous roadways.
"They can avoid traffic
congestion and traffic lights, and safely reduce the delivery time and
distance by traveling directly to customers' homes," Domino's Group CEO
Don Meij said in a statement. "This is the future."
Domino's
plans to use the information gathered from these flights to expand the
service to Australia, Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Japan and
Germany.
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Thursday, November 17, 2016
Hungry? Look up in the sky - there could be a pizza over your head right now!
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