Drone / aerial robot (UAV)Commercial
Zipline Zip (Platform 1)
Fixed-wing aircraft for long-range medical logistics, catapult-launched with parachute drops. It underpins the national medical distribution networks in Rwanda and Ghana.
- Year
- 2016
- Origin
- United States
- Autonomy
- L4 · High autonomy
- Dataset review
- 2026-11 · Methodology & evidence levels
Spec sheet
Manufacturer maxima under declared conditions; not simultaneous. The test condition is shown under each value.
- Weight
- 20 kg
- Payload
- 1.8 kg
- 4 lb
- Operating time
- 110 min
- Editorial estimateestimate derived from range (>190 km round trip) and cruise speed
- Top speed
- 28 m/s
- Editorial estimate~100 km/h cruise per secondary sources
Primary source quality: Manufacturer / operator
Taxonomy profile
Where the platform sits on the four axes of the reference framework.
Autonomy
High autonomy- L0
- L1
- L2
- L3
- L4
- L5
Operates continuously without human intervention inside a bounded operational design domain (ODD).
Coordination
Coordinated- Standalone
- Coordinated
- Collaborative swarm
Shares state and telemetry through a base station or central server.
Control
primary: BVLOS fleet- FPV
- Teleop
- Supervised
- BVLOS
- RL/VLA
supported: BVLOS fleet · Supervised mission
Perception
3 sensing modalities- GNSS / RTK
- IMU
- RGB cameras
Operating environments
- Agriculture / farmland
- Emergency / disaster
Sectors
- Logistics & last mile
- Public safety & emergency
Ideal business case
Medical delivery to remote areas