JAL and KDDI and others, three bridges (Aviation Wire) -Yahoo! News

A drone arriving at the destination by crossing the Sumida River in a demonstration experiment by JAL and KDDI = February 16, 2012 Photo: TADAYUKI YOSHIKAWA/AVIATION Wire

JAL staff (left), hand over the container containing a drug transported by drones JAL staff (left)

　Four parties: Japan Airlines (JAL/JL, 9201), KDDI (9433), Medico (Tokyo, Chuo -ku, Tokyo), and St. Road Kokusai Hospital (Tokyo/Chuo -ku) are permanent on February 16 on the Sumida River. The public demonstration experiment was published to the press of pharmaceutical delivery that passed by drones over three large bridges, including bridges. [Drone to fly over the Sumida River and carry pharmaceuticals] The government is aiming to realize an out -of -visual flight in a human being called "Level 4" in FY2022, and this experiment looked at this. The drone uses ACSL-PF2 made by ACSL (6232), from Mediso Shin-Tokyo Building (Saga, Koto-ku) near the Sumida River Ohashi to St. Road Hospital near Tsukuda Ohashi, about 2 kg of the Sumida River about 2 km, Nagai Bridge, Chuo Ohashi. I flew over the Tsukuda Bridge for about 20 km at a speed of about 20 km. This experiment was conducted at Level 2, a "assistant with an assistant", which is monitored by humans. 26 assistants were placed on a bridge, etc., and if there were people crossing the bridge, they hovered the drone in the sky, waited, and flew over the bridge after confirming safety. It was implemented from 8th to 10th, and the 15th and 16th were preliminary days. In the experiment, based on the "Drone Delivery Guidelines on Drone Delivery", the temperature change and fixed status during delivery are verified, and how many times a day can be delivered per day with one drone, and the time required from ordering to delivery, etc. I checked. In the case of 9th, 7.He flew five round trips and flew more than 10 round trips in three days from the 8th.In the future, it will ensure safety without assistants and aim to realize level 4.JAL has been conducting demonstration experiments in Soto City, Hyogo Prefecture, a population -intensive area, and has jointly examined drug transport using Medico and drones.In addition to normal times, experiments will be conducted in mind, such as in emergency or drug delivery.The ACSL-PF2 of the drone used this time is 1173 mm wide and 526 mm in height, and can be installed 2..75kg. You can fly for up to 35 minutes and withstand 10m per second. JAL's digital innovation headquarters, Air Mobility Creation Department, Hideharu Tanaka, a manager, "I think it's a very perfect aircraft size for a small amount of pharmaceutical delivery. I think there are naturally voices that want to carry a little longer, so I would like to build a system that can handle various applications while combining portfolios for various equipment. " JAL has already conducted a demonstration experiment, such as carrying fresh fish from the Goto Islands to Sasebo City in Nagasaki Prefecture. Kazumi Goto of the St. Road Hospital Pharmaceutical Department said, "Rather than storing expensive drugs, urgent or unusual drugs in a limited space, to reduce loss by transporting by drone. It is said that building a system that can be prepared as necessary, such as growth hormones and hematomy disease drugs, is considered to be used as a use other than urgent drug transportation. This demonstration experiment was implemented as the "Drone Logistics Platform Social Implementation Project in Tokyo" adopted by Tokyo, which was the first attempt in Tokyo. In addition to JAL and KDDI, Weather News (4825), Terradlone (Shibuya Ward), and JR East (9020) have participated as the same group, and each company is conducting demonstration experiments for various logistics applications.

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