Postal Drones in Switzerland

Postal Drones in Switzerland have already began delivery runs, even if they are just practice runs. The country is hoping to have these flying postmen in full swing within the next five years. As of now its a very scaled down test project. The initial testing of the drone’s post delivery abilities will run over the next month. Now when you are waiting for your mail to be delivered, you will not be looking down the road and at your gate, but up in the sky!

And here’s how to identify your postal drone…You will see a snow-white colored drone with four branches. Each will have a propeller aloft it and the branches extend out from a ring which is roughly the size of your toilet seat. The distinguishing mark of course is the yellow box that it will carry which is emblazoned with the Postal Service logo of the Swiss postal services in the middle.

At present a single drone may carry about one kilogram worth of mail over a radius of ten kilo meters in a single charge. That is about 2.2 pounds over 6.2 miles, not bad for an unmanned robot. The science project dealing with the drones is bound to make better versions which can carry more load and deliver it a farther distance in the not so distant future.