homePORT Hamburg<\/a> and reached a maximum altitude of 22 meters. For this delivery simulation, the electric heavy-lift utility drone was equipped with a load-box in between its landing gear. First, the demonstration teams secured a Euro-pallet sized load to the box under the VoloDrone, followed by a smooth take-off. After this, the aircraft brought the payload to a DB Schenker Cargo Bike and landed safely. Once the payload was transferred successfully, the Cargo Bike delivered its cargo to the final destination under the area’s park deck, marking the completion of the entirely electric, multimodal last-mile delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“This first public VoloDrone flight is a strong sign\nfor Volocopter\u00c2\u00b4s leading position in the UAM industry. We are the only UAM\ncompany offering solutions for passengers and goods that are flying fully\nscaled and publicly around the world,” says Florian Reuter, Volocopter\nCEO. “Our VoloDrone will make existing logistics processes more robust,\nefficient, and sustainable. DB Schenker is an invaluable partner in our\nendeavor to untap the massive potential of our VoloDrone’s logistics use\ncases.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Erik Wirsing, Vice President Global Innovation at DB\nSchenker, comments, “With the VoloDrone flight today, we were able to\npublicly demonstrate our successful collaboration and the impressive progress\non DB Schenker’s innovation and sustainability roadmap for cleaner logistics.\nVolocopter has proven again that they are the ideal partner for DB Schenker’s\nambition to rethink global supply chains and bring transport logistics to the\nnext dimension for our customers while saving emissions.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The demonstration in Hamburg builds upon the foundations of\nthe static proof of concept (PoC) the partners conducted in July this year in\nStuttgart. It laid out a blueprint of how to implement VoloDrone operations in\nlogistics facilities globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The VoloDrone is an uncrewed, fully electric utility drone\ndesigned to carry any of the six International Organization for Standardization\n(ISO) pallet sizes, weighing up to 200 kilograms, over a 40-kilometer range. As\none member of Volocopter’s robust UAM aircraft portfolio for transporting\npassengers (VoloCity and VoloConnect) and goods in cities, the VoloDrone is\npositioned to be deployed where conventional transport options reach their\nlimits. In addition to developing the aircraft, Volocopter is organizing the\nphysical (VoloPorts) and digital (VoloIQ) infrastructure to support these\nservices, which are set to launch in the next 2-3 years. VoloIQ serves as the\ndigital backbone for operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The VoloDrone’s first flight took place in 2019. Since then,\nregular flight tests have been conducted at various airfields in Germany. The\ndrone itself is 9.15 meters in diameter, 2.15 meters tall, and has a 600-kilogram\nmaximum take-off weight (MTOW). Future VoloDrone operations will be fully\nelectric with autonomous beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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