On October 6, 2019, Waki -cho, Okayama Prefecture and management consulting, launched a demonstration experiment on the use of drones (small unmanned aircraft) in depopulated areas on October 6, 2019.Large drones fly automatically and deliver food and daily necessities to residents living in multiple areas in the middle mountain area in order.Konica Minolta, FamilyMart, and Aerogy Labs developed by drone will participate in the demonstration.
In the demonstration experiment, products will be delivered to about 150 people living in Tsuse -ku, Tadago Ward, and Minamiyamakata Ward in Wake -cho, about 150 people.A drone equipped with a product flies on the drone's departure and departure, "Japanese Dome," and returns to the peace dome over all the delivery areas.The required time is about 1 hour and 15 minutes, and the total flight distance is about 30.3 kilometers (figure).
図 実証実験におけるドローンの飛行ルート（レイヤーズ・コンサルティング提供）拡大画像表示Instead of flying the drone visually, instead of the "visual" flight, set the flight route in advance and always check the images of the camera mounted on the drone on the remote monitor.Deliver the product in."This is the first demonstration experiment of drones that operate a 30km distance or without assistants," said Yoshihiro Soka, the layers consulting business strategy business division.
The drone will fly one flight a day, three times a week for four months until January 2020.Although focusing on products handled by FamilyMart, you can order about 200 foods and daily necessities, including fresh products from local supermarkets.The product price is once every two weeks, and the person in charge goes to the orderer's home and collects money.
When a resident orders a product by phone or a fact that it is 9 am, the drone loaded with the product flew from the peace dome at 11:00 am.The drone basically flew on the river (such as the Yoshii River) and landed on and from each of the three delivery areas.Then, take out the product ordered by the resident from the drone and take off toward the next area.