
“The docking station is made mainly to support all the needs of the drone,” he says. The docking stations can be deployed on sidewalks in urban areas, or on rooftops. After 15 seconds, the door will close automatically, for safety reasons.” The customer receives a message to say their parcel has landed.

When you are next to the location (within 10 meters) you can press a code, the cell will open, and you have 15 seconds to grab your package. The application gives you and only you the right to open it. “You don’t have to be there, that’s the most important thing,” Aharoni adds, “It’s going to be secure in the cell.

The recipient receives a message via text and email with the package’s location and cell number, and where it is being held. According to Aharoni, the drone brings the package to the agnostic docking station, where an elevator takes the parcel and places it in a cubicle. The Strix 1600 docking station, houses a landing pad of 1.6 meters-by-1.6 meters (5.25-feet-by-5.25 feet), and the Strix 2100, has one that is 2.1-meter-by-2.1-meter (about 7-by-7 feet). The drone doesn’t need anyone there to await its arrival, but the docking station will include what Aharoni refers to as a “safety camera,” which will film the drone’s whereabouts for a pilot in another location, in order to authorize its landing.
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Sign up for our free weekly newsletter Subscribe The only way to make a drone automatic or autonomous is to have a docking station in the field.” He cannot fly from one point to another, because there is no person there. “He needs to fly the drone next to him because the drone must come back to him. A drone drops off a delivery on the landing pad, which opens up to “swallow” it. If there is rain, he needs to take the drone manually and put it in the car. “If not, the pilot must be next to the drone.

“If you want a drone to deliver autonomously or automatically - meaning the pilot won’t be next to the drone - the only way to do that is to have a docking station,” he says. “The docking station is made mainly to support all the needs of the drone,” Aharoni says. After 15 seconds, the door will close automatically, for safety reasons.” “You don’t have to be there, that’s the most important thing,” Strix Drones CEO Niv Aharoni tells NoCamels. The mailbox is a secure solution for all parcel deliveries by drone.
