①Getting a pie from the sky is becoming a real dream in the city as online delivery platform (平台) Meituan has been allowed to start drone delivery service -DDS (无人机送餐服务-简称DDS).
②At Galaxy World in Longgang District, people watched how a meal delivered by the drone on Thursday. The drone slowly landed and a door above the Meituan Intelligent Dining Cabinet (储藏柜) opened slowly, where the drone put the meal box inside the cabinet.
③"It takes about 15 minutes to order and receive the meal. A lot of people have tried DDS here," said a woman who just took her meal box out from the cabinet.
④During the year 2022, food and drinks such as noodles, fruits, coffee and milk tea and even flowers have been delivered through Meituan's drone delivery system.
⑤The company said that as of last year, it had completed over 100,000 drone deliveries Meituan started to research DDS in 2017 and started the try in early 2021. The delivery service only needs about 12 minutes, which is less than traditional delivery ways, according to the company.
⑥There are only a few cities in the world with the advantages of DDS, and Shenzhen is taking the lead. But there are still some problems with this kind of service.
