Drone Express partners with Microsoft to launch new AI delivery drone
Drone Express has partnered with Microsoft to launch artificial intelligence delivery drones, a new version of their DE-2020 drone.
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“While our competitors are focusing on how to carry more weight, we are focusing on building a more intelligent aircraft,” Chief Executive Officer with Drone Express, Beth Flippo, said.
Drone Express, headquartered in downtown Dayton, is an innovative last-mile logistics company that partnered with Microsoft to create a new version of the DE-2020 drone, using artificial intelligence for in-flight navigation systems, according to a spokesperson with Drone Express.
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“This creative collaboration will equip delivery drones with Microsoft Azure to host the AI solutions and use Azure Machine Learning to train machine learning models,” the spokesperson said in the media release shared with News Center 7.
These drones will be able to make live, in-flight decisions to deliver packages in an urban environment, the spokesperson said.
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“This technology, combined with our proprietary mesh networking capabilities, will propel our aircraft to the forefront of autonomous airborne logistics,” Flippo said.
The first aircraft with this hardware will enter production at the end of 2022, the spokesperson said.
Drone Express is on track to becoming one of the first companies to receive a Part 135 FAA certification for autonomous drone delivery, according to the spokesperson with Drone Express.
