Coronavirus: China’s drones fail to deploy during Shanghai lockdown as aerial delivery fleet grounded by tight airspace and flight rules


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Aerial delivery drones were conspicuously missing during Shanghai’s month-long Covid-19 lockdown, even though 25 million residents in one of China’s biggest population centres struggled for daily deliveries of fresh food and essential medical supplies. Once trumpeted as the “moon shot” in the world’s largest e-commerce and delivery market – with the potential to fly a package or a meal box to a customer’s doorstep – drones were mostly grounded by regulations and confined to discreet trials in locked-down Shanghai suburbs. Autonomous delivery vehicles were seen in some areas, while drones sat idle in warehouses. “There is no really big reason...