From NVIDIA:

Summary 1:
Zipline, a drone startup, has completed over 850,000 deliveries in seven countries since 2011. It recently added services for Seattle’s Pagliacci Pizza, GNC, and large health systems like Intermountain Health, OhioHealth and Michigan Medicine. The company landed $330 million in funding and is a member of NVIDIA Inception, a program that provides startups with technological support.

Summary 2:
Zipline developed drones for autonomous navigation and precision landings using the NVIDIA Jetson edge AI and robotics platform. The company’s P1 drone, or platform one, uses the Jetson Xavier NX system-on-module for processing sensor inputs, while the P2, or platform two, uses two Jetson Orin NX modules for its sensor fusion system and for the droid that descends by tether for precision placement.

Summary 3:
Zipline’s drones are capable of 7x faster delivery times compared to vehicle deliveries, completing one delivery every 70 seconds globally. They have been added to the services of Walmart, Sweetgreen, and multiple health systems. The company started delivering blood in Rwanda seven years ago and expanded into food and convenience.

Summary 4:
NVIDIA Jetson Orin modules offer energy efficiency for the run-time of autonomous machines, providing up to 275 trillion operations per second with market-leading energy efficiency. Zipline’s deliveries offer a 97% reduction in carbon emissions compared to gasoline-driven vehicles, showcasing the company’s commitment to environmental sustainability and efficiency.



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