Matternet’s Station 

Matternet’s Stationis a ‘safe drone portal’ for hospitals. Drone logistics platform developer  Matternet  today unveiled the new and improved Matternet Station. 

Matternet powers first US drone airline

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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.

• Evolution of its existing autonomous systems.

• It lets flight directors sitting in a remote control center monitor traffic and operations before takeoff, enabling customers like hospital systems to fulfill delivery requests in a fraction of the time.

• The Station — which measures around 10 feet tall — is integrated with Matternet’s autonomous M2 Drone and Cloud Platform and provides a dashboard from which flight directors can send and receive packages. 

• The station is around 3m (10ft) tall, keeping vehicles high enough off the ground to not compromise public safety.

• Each Station comes with its own automated aerial deconfliction system that manages nearby drone routes, and they’re equipped with technology that guides Matternet’s M2 Drone to precision landing on the platform.

• After landing, the Station locks the drone in place and automatically swaps its battery and payload. When the drone is not in use, it’s parked in a hangar on top of the Station.

• In its standard configuration, the Station holds four payload boxes, which are kept at a controlled temperature.

• Matternet says that the Station uses an ID badge-scanning system to track payload movement, and to allow only authorized personnel to deposit or retrieve a payload.

Referenes

• https://venturebeat.com/2020/03/10/matternets-station-is-a-safe-drone-portal-for-hospitals/
• https://mttr.net/