Zomato- one of India's largest food delivery firms may have figured out a faster way to crawl through densely populated routes: going via air with drones.
The company, which has expanded its restaurant listing and booking service to about two-dozen markets in recent years, said today it has successfully tested a payload delivery from a hybrid drone.
The drone carried a payload of 5 kgs (11 pounds) and covered 5 km (3.1 miles) in 10 mins, said Deepinder Goyal, CEO of Zomato, which aims to deliver food to customers in less than 15 minutes some day. The drone hit a peak speed of 80 kmph (49.7 mph). It was a non-commercial delivery.
