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Title    Walmart Files Patent for a Blimp Warehouse
Date    Sunday August 20 2017, @08:41PM
Author    martyb
Topic   
from the up-in-the-air-about-this dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/08/20/1939245

takyon writes:

Blimps and drones: a combination made in logistics heaven?

Amazon isn't the only retailer that's looking into drone delivery. Walmart appears to be working on a similar concept but its solution might be a bit different compared to Amazon's. Walmart has filed for a US patent for a floating blimp warehouse which will make delivers via drones. The idea is to have a floating warehouse up in the sky from where Walmart can instantly ship products to customers using drones.

According to the patent filing, the blimp-style floating warehouse would fly at heights between 500 and 1,000 feet. It will have multiple launch bays for sending drone deliveries. The blimp itself will either fly autonomously or be remotely controlled by a human pilot. This solution could help Walmart lower the cost of fulfilling online orders, cutting down on "last mile" costs to a customer's house which is normally handled by a logistics company.


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  1. "takyon" - https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/
  2. "Blimps and drones" - http://www.ubergizmo.com/2017/08/walmart-patents-floating-blimp-warehouse/
  3. "drone delivery" - http://www.ubergizmo.com/2016/12/amazon-drone-delivery-uk/
  4. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=21872

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