Zipline's Software Stack Powers Autonomous Drone Delivery at Scale
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Zipline's VP of Application Software and IT, Kyle Madonia, discusses how the company's software stack enables end-to-end autonomous drone delivery at scale. The company has moved drone delivery from experimental to operational, with drones that autonomously charge between missions and deliver packages directly to customers. Madonia, a former SpaceX engineer, shares insights on the engineering challenges behind building a reliable autonomous delivery system.
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· 3 pulledAutonomous drone delivery has long been the stuff of science fiction, but ongoing advances have moved the space from experimental to operational.
Zipline is one of the leading companies in this space, with drones that charge between missions and fly autonomously to deliver packages directly to customers.
Kyle Madonia is the VP of Application Software and IT at Zipline, and she previously spent a decade as an engineer at SpaceX.
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