MUSCAT: Oman’s use of drones in its fight to contain Covid-19 is now well publicised, with Royal Oman Police and Muscat Municipality employing autonomous agents to work.
Now, parcel companies are using drones improve the efficiency of logistics operations, reduce costs and increase productivity.
Technology team in Oman Logistics Centre (OLC) and Asyad have experimented parcel delivery and inventory stock counting using drones on Monday.
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The first experiment saw packages delivered in Nizwa and Muscat. According to sources, drone transported a parcel weighing approximately 1.5kg nearly three kilometres in just over four minutes in Nizwa, matching best global drone delivery speeds.
The Muscat drone successfully transported a parcel weighing approximately 5kg in less than four and a half minutes before returning, a round trip of over 3km.
The experiment, done in partnership with A’Saffa Logistics and attended by representatives from eight other prominent Omani logistics companies, used specialized indoor drones to track pallets of goods in real-time.
